Question

Which factors affect the movement of the ocean water?

Answer 1

Hint:The ocean is a body of water that covers the Earth’s hydrosphere. It covers 71% of the Earth’s surface and 90% of the Earth’s biosphere and the oceans contain 97% of the Earth’s water. The movement of water in the ocean is a consequence of wind, tides, the Coriolis effect, water density differences, and the shape of the ocean basins.

Complete Answer:The ocean water is constantly in motion and the motions are north-south, east-west, alongshore, and vertically. The movement of water in the ocean is a consequence of wind, tides, the Coriolis effect, water density differences, and the shape of the ocean basins.
The factors that affect the movement of the ocean water are:
-Temperature: When the water warms up it expands and when it cools down it contracts. The temperature and salinity of the water affect its movement and it goes up and down through the ocean layers.
-Winds: The movement of the waves in the ocean is decided by the wind. Waves grow larger as they absorb energy from the wind.
-Gravitational pull of the sun and the moon: The vertical motion of the water in the oceans is due to the gravitational pull of the sun and the moon. Because of this pull the ocean water is raised up and falls down twice a day.
-Rotation of Earth and the gravitational pull of the moon: The tidal force is caused due to the gravitational pull of the moon. The earth passes through two tidal bulges daily. When the region in which we are passing through the bulge there is a high tide and when it does not pass there is a low tide.
-It is also affected because of the hot and cold currents.

Note:There are 5 oceans that are actually connected and form one huge body of water called the Global Ocean. The five oceans namely in order of their size from smallest to largest are The Arctic, The Southern Ocean, The Indian Ocean, The Atlantic Ocean, The Pacific Ocean.