Question

What is the correct term for an area of rotating currents in an ocean? ; When ocean currents combine, they create an area of rotating currents called a(n) *blank*

Answer 1

gyre

Step-by-step explanation:

In oceanography, a gyre is any large system of circulating ocean currents, particularly those involved with large wind movements. Gyres are caused by the Coriolis effect; planetary vorticity, horizontal friction and vertical friction determine the circulatory patterns from the wind stress curl.

Answer 2

The correct answer is: "marine current"

An ocean current or marine current is a movement of the waters in the oceans and, to a lesser degree, of the more extensive seas. These currents have many causes, mainly the movement of terrestrial rotation (which acts differently and even opposite at the bottom of the ocean and on the surface), as well as the movement of translation of the Earth, the configuration of the coasts and the relative location of the continents. On the other hand, the constant or planetary winds constitute practically a nonexistent cause, since the coincidences between the currents and the planetary winds are due to the fact that they share a common cause, that is, the astronomical movements of the Earth.