Summarize Your Understanding

In this lesson, you have explored how Earth’s global ocean is affected by unequal heating and winds. You have examined evidence for the roles that sea surface temperature, sea surface salinity, and sea surface density play in global ocean circulation. You have also seen how eddies affect the transport of heat. All of these factors contribute to the interconnected and dynamic Earth systems that redistribute the Sun's energy throughout our planet.

Based on what you have learned, answer this closing question: How does the ocean redistribute the Sun’s energy through the Earth system? Be sure to describe the various factors involved and support your answer with evidence and examples from the videos and other media resources that you have observed.