What is the driving force for surface currents?
Answer: the wind which creates the beckman spiral which is the movement of water which is severely affected by the coriolis force. Currents move 45 degrees to the wind
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A) globular clusters B) galactic clusters C) galaxies D) stars E) nebula
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Captain James Cook returned to England after his final expedition in 1779 and recorded a 50-volume set of
reports of his scientific findings. a. True b. Fals
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What is the global conveyer belt referring to? How does this thermohaline flow transport heat throughout the world ocean? Include aspects of upwelling and downwelling
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Surface cyclones are accompanied by divergence aloft
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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