How are the convection currents found in earth’s air and oceans similar? How are these movements different?
1 Answer
Mar 1, 2018
Both the ocean and atmosphere have rising air/water and cooling air/water.
Explanation:
In the atmosphere, as the air gets warmer, it rises up. When the air gets cooler, it sinks down. Same goes for oceans. When the water gets warmer due to either sunshine or geothermic properties, it rises up as surface currents which have their own unique pathway. This opposes the Earth's air because they have no direct weather pattern. In addition, cold waters sink to become deep currents.
