Alaska North Atlantic. Azores Gulf Stream N. Pacific C. North Equatorial Caribbean North Equatorial North Equatorial CC North Brazil "North Equatorial CC Monsoon South Equatorial South Equatorial South Equatorial Aguthas Antarctic Circumpolar Antarctic Circumpolar Antarctic Circumpolar Kuroshio California Austral. PeruChile Malkinas Brazil Benguela Somali

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If you released a buoy into the Pacific Ocean from the southeastern coast of Japan that traveled on the surface ocean currents shown above, which would it likely reach first: the United States or Australia? On what currents would it be carried?

Alaska
North Atlantic.
Azores
Gulf Stream
N. Pacific C.
North Equatorial
Caribbean
North Equatorial
North Equatorial CC
North Brazil
"North Equatorial CC
Monsoon
South Equatorial
South Equatorial
South Equatorial
Aguthas
Antarctic Circumpolar
Antarctic Circumpolar
Antarctic Circumpolar
Kuroshio
California
Austral.
PeruChile
Malkinas
Brazil
Benguela
Somali
Transcribed Image Text:Alaska North Atlantic. Azores Gulf Stream N. Pacific C. North Equatorial Caribbean North Equatorial North Equatorial CC North Brazil "North Equatorial CC Monsoon South Equatorial South Equatorial South Equatorial Aguthas Antarctic Circumpolar Antarctic Circumpolar Antarctic Circumpolar Kuroshio California Austral. PeruChile Malkinas Brazil Benguela Somali
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