Prevailing Winds Generate Ocean Surface Currents That Flow in the Same

question 81

Multiple Choice

Prevailing winds generate ocean surface currents that flow in the same direction until they encounter a continent.They are diverted by the mass of the continent, forming the huge rotating currents found in both hemispheres in all oceans.These rotating currents are called

• A) gyres.
• B) vortices.
• C) cyclones.
• D) hurricanes.
• E) equatorial currents.

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