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If there were no land on Earth's surface, what would the pattern of surface currents look like? Explain your answer.

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Answer:

straight path

Step-by-step explanation:

  • Most of the ocean currents are directly affected by the Coriolis effect, which states that the curving moves in two different paths due to the rotation of Earth's rotation.
  • The movement of the ocean currents are then affected by the continent landmass as the global winds and the Coriolis effect, most of the ocean currents move in a different direction than they actually are because they are deflected off of the continents. An example is the Benguela cold current.
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