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Wind-Driven Water: How Surface Ocean Currents Move

The great rivers of the ocean do not flow downhill, they are pushed by wind patterns that have been blowing across the planet for millions of years. Surface ocean currents explained covers how prevailing winds drag the upper...

Questions: 20 | Attempts: 28 | Last updated: Mar 3, 2026

Sample Question 1
What is the primary source of energy that drives the movement of surface ocean currents?

Global wind patterns

The Moon's gravity

Underwater earthquakes

The saltiness of the water

Heat from the Earth's core

Sample Question 2
Surface ocean currents typically only affect the top 10 percent of the total ocean water.

True

False

Sample Question 3
In which direction do the large, circular surface ocean currents (gyres) generally move in the Northern Hemisphere?

Clockwise

Counter-clockwise

Straight toward the North Pole

Straight toward the Equator

They do not move in circles

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