SCIENCE
EARTH SCIENCE
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Ocean gyres in the Northern Hemisphere consist of a number of surface ocean currents that, together, generally flow clockwise in a roughly circular pattern. Which list contains three warm surface ocean currents that make up most of the North Atlantic Ocean gyre?
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Kuroshio Current, North Pacific Current, and California Current
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Canary Current, North Equatorial Current, and Equatorial Countercurrent
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Labrador Current, North Atlantic Current, and East Greenland Current
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North Equatorial Current, Gulf StreamCurrent, and North Atlantic Current
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In the Northern Hemisphere, ocean currents are deflected to the right, in a clockwise motion. In the Southern Hemisphere, ocean currents are pushed to the left, in a counterclockwise motion.
Detailed explanation-2: -A gyre is a series of ocean currents that move in a circular pattern. Winds formed as the earth spins and shifting wind patterns help create them.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the Northern Hemisphere the gyres rotate to the right (clockwise), while in the Southern Hemisphere the gyres rotate to the left (counterclockwise). There are five major gyres in the oceans; the North Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Pacific, South Pacific, and Indian (Figure 9.1.
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