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Ocean Currents' Impact on Climate

Ocean currents transport warm and cold water around the globe, affecting the climate of coastal regions. Warm currents carry warm water from the equator toward the poles, while cold currents move frigid water from the poles back to the equator. This transportation of warm and cold water influences the temperatures of nearby landmasses - warm currents make coastal climates warmer, and cold currents have a cooling effect. Through redistributing heat around the planet, ocean currents play a key role in determining regional climates worldwide.

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Ocean Currents' Impact on Climate

Ocean currents transport warm and cold water around the globe, affecting the climate of coastal regions. Warm currents carry warm water from the equator toward the poles, while cold currents move frigid water from the poles back to the equator. This transportation of warm and cold water influences the temperatures of nearby landmasses - warm currents make coastal climates warmer, and cold currents have a cooling effect. Through redistributing heat around the planet, ocean currents play a key role in determining regional climates worldwide.

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OCEAN

CURRENT
Factors Affecting the Climate
How ocean currents affect the climate?
OCEAN CURRENTS
- are the continuous flow of water which
transports warm water and precipitation from the
equator towards the poles and cold water from
the poles back to the equatorial region
Figure 1. The Ocean Currents.
Based from the figure answer the ff.
Guide Questions.
1.What are the different ocean currents that
carry warm water? Give atleast 3 examples.
2.What are the different ocean currents that
cary cold water? Give atleast 3 examples.
3. What kind of air does Greenland current
take along.Explain.
4. How do the Kamchatka Current and Kuroshio
current affect the Northeastern part and
southern part of Japan?
5. How do ocean currents affect the climate?
What is the role of ocean currents in changing the
climate of a certain area?

Ocean current affect the temperature of nearby


landmass. Warm currents that move from
equator toward poles carry warm water, on the
other hand, cold currents that travel from the
poles toward the equator carry cold water.
What is the role of ocean currents in changing the
climate of a certain area?

Ocean current affect the temperature of nearby


landmass. Warm currents that move from
equator toward poles carry warm water, on the
other hand, cold currents that travel from the
poles toward the equator carry cold water.
Ocean currents that bring along
cold water in land make the
climate cold,on the other
hand ,ocean currents that take
along warm water to coastal
areas make the climate warm.

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