oceanic circulation: pattern currents & redistribute energy

Question 1

what do ocean currents follow and where?

Answer 1

gyres(cicrcular system of ocean currents)
clockwise in northern atlantic

Question 2

what currents travel from equator to the poles & example

Answer 2

warm currents
North Atlantic Drift

Question 3

how do cold currents move water & example?

Answer 3

they return cool water from poles to equator e.g. Labrador current

Question 4

PGPW

outline the impact that prevailing wind direction has on ocean currents

Answer 4

the surface ocean currents directly respond to the prevailing global pattern of winds

Question 5

how does this energy impact ocean currents?

Answer 5

energy from winds is transferred by friction to ocean currents

(wind has energy bc moving, causes friction on ocean surface as wind pushes water == CREATES CURRENT

Question 6

how does the shape of land masses affect ocean currents?

Answer 6

they deflect the movement of current (divert them another direction)

Question 7

name an example of a land mass

Answer 7

American continent

Question 8

what impact does the coriolis effect have on ocean currents?

Answer 8

it deflects them to the right in the northern hemsiphere