Fill in the blanks to complete each statement about currents.

Surface currents are driven by.

a) neap tides

b) gravitational force between earth and moon

c) wind

Winds blows in patterns due to the.

a) coriolis effect

b) spring tides

c) neap tides

Generally the wind generates the surface current and the pattern of wind occurs because of the Coriolis effect.

Explanation:

The surface current of the ocean are generally generated by wind. The rotation takes place clockwise and anti-clockwise respectively on northern and southern hemisphere. The nature and pattern of the wind is greatly affected by the Coriolis effect.

The wind patterns affect the climate and the offshoot of the rotation of the known as Coriolis effect affects the curve of the wind mass. In this process, the wind of the equator rises from the northeast of Northern hemisphere.

First one : Wind

Second one: Coriolis effect