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- Vectors
are symbols used by scientists and mathematicians to represent the direction
and speed of an object
- Oceanographers
investigate how the oceans work
- Currents
in the oceans are formed by heating from the sun, rotation of the Earth, and
the winds blowing on the water. There are surface currents and deep
currents. The winds and rotation of the earth are the primary force of the
large surface currents. They cause the water to move like a stream flowing
along a path.
- Rhana
and Paul live in Long Key, Florida
- The
Gulf Stream
- An
eddy is a whirlpool that can be many miles wide.
- A
front or a boundary
- Winds are generated across the earth's surface by
pressure differences in the atmosphere.