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Pacific Ocean

largest, deepest

Arctic Ocean

smallest, shallowest, ice-covered

What percentage of oceans cover Earth's surface?

70.8%

What is the average percentage of salinity?

3.5%

Outgassing

water and dissolved gases are emitted through volcanic eruptions

Salinity near the equator

lower than average due to greater precipitation

Salinity near the poles

lower than average due to melting sea ice

Salinity in the Mediterranean

higher than average due to evaporation

Tradewinds

"push" surface waters towards the equator

Westerlies

"push" surface waters towards the poles

Convergences

two wind-driven surface currents collide or when a wind-driven surface current collides with a land mass

Divergences

results when two wind-driven surface currents move away from each other or when a wind-driven surface current moves away from a land mass

Fetch

the distance that the wind has traveled across open water