Question

Which of the following statements is most accurate about ocean currents?

1. Ocean currents flow clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere due to the earth's revolution.

2. Ocean currents flow counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere due to earth's revolution.

3. Ocean currents flow clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere due to earth's rotation

4. Ocean currents flow counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere due to earth's rotation.

Answer 1

3. Ocean currents flow clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere due to earth's rotation

Step-by-step explanation:

This effect is called the Coriolis effect. It's interesting, if you throw a football a couple hundred feet, this same effect will deflect it a few inches. Neil DeGrasse Tyson wrote a great article about it, look it up!