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1: Title
2: Essential Questions
3: The Importance of Ocean Circulation
4: Currents and Drift
5: Ocean Movement
6: Gyres
7: How Do Gyres Affect Climate?
8: Boundary Currents
9: Oceanic Fronts
10: What Do You Think?
11: Currents and Heat Transport
12: Ocean Currents Animation
13: Water Transport and the Ekman Spiral
14: Evaluate Your Learning
15: What Do You Think?
16: Icebergs and the Ekman Spiral
17: Upwelling and Downwelling
18: Effects of Upwelling
19: What Do You Think?
20: Key Points: Ocean Surface Circulation
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Essential Questions
How does wind affect the circulation of ocean surface waters?
Why is ocean surface circulation important in the Earth’s overall heat budget and the transfer of energy around the globe?