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If I dropped a bottle into the ocean off the coast of Peru would it most likely travel north towards the equator or south towards Antarctica? Why?

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It would travel north because of current patterns.
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I believe the bottle would travel North due to the system of currents that move ocean waters off Peru’s coast upwards. Here is a chart for reference:
If I dropped a bottle into the ocean off the coast of Peru would it most likely travel-example-1
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