Step 1. Visit the link below and read about each of the following topics on the pages listed.

How Ocean Currents Work:

Deep Ocean Currents (pg. 1)

Surface Currents (pp. 2, 3 & 4)

Tidal Currents (pg. 5)

http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/oceanography/ocean-current.htm

Step 2. When you have read about how ocean currents work, answer each of the questions below.

a. The world’s surface ocean currents are driven by what force?

b. What causes the curve of the surface winds on the Earth?

c. What is the curvature of the winds on the Earth's surface called?

d. What is the deep ocean current called?

e. What affects the movements in the deep ocean current?

f. The density of seawater, which affects deep ocean circulation, depends on what two things?

g. As ocean water gets colder and deeper, what happens to the density of the ocean water