Which statements describe currents in the oceans? Check all that apply. El Niño is a current of water between Australia and North America. Currents occur at the surface of and deep within the ocean. The Coriolis effect contributes to the direction of current flow. Currents often change in unpredictable ways, causing climate change. Wind direction, the spin of Earth, and differences in temperature contribute to currents.

Marine currents are influenced by several factors. Option E is correct. Wind direction, the spin of Earth, and temperature differences contribute to currents.

What are marine currents?

Marine currents are water masses movement in the ocean. Several factors can influence the existence of currents, such as

Spin of Earth that causes different movements on the surface and on the depths,

winds,

geography of the continents and the shape of their coasts,

differences in salinity

difference in temperatures

There are two main types of movements,

Surface circulation, which occurs from 0 to 400 meters deep (up to 1313 feet aproximatelly)

Deep circulation, which occurs at depths that super 400 meters.

Surface circulation is closely related to horizontal water movements, while deep circulation is related to vertical ones.

→ Horizontal water movements

• They are produced by the action of different winds on the surface.

• Superficial winds, influenced by the Coriolis effects, are responsible for most of the marine currents.

• Trade winds push the water surface forward western direction in the equator, while western winds produce currents that move water to the east at higher latitudes.

• By the Coriolis effect, water masses are deviated to the west or the east, depending on the hemisphere, resulting in large clockwise circular turns in the Northern Hemisphere and the opposite direction in the Southern Hemisphere.

• Warmer currents travel from the tropics, along the continental margins, carrying warm water to higher latitudes, and as they do so, these water masses get cooler, producing cold currents.

→ Vertical movements

• They can be related to density, salinity, and temperature.

• Variation of these factors causes thermohaline currents, which move water vertically, transporting cold water with nutrients from the bottom to the surface.

According to this resumed framework, the correct option is E) Wind direction, the spin of Earth, and differences in temperature contribute to currents.

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