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The statement which best describes, the temperature of the ocean's surface water varies is areas at high altitude have the coldest water.
The temperature at depth is determined by the conditions that the water encountered when it was last at the surface.
In the low latitudes the temperature change from top to bottom in the oceans is large.
The Earth is round, the angle of the surface relative to the incoming radiation differs with latitude.
These variations in solar energy mean that the ocean surface can vary in temperature from a warm 30°C (86°F) in the tropics to a very cold -2°C (28°F) near the poles.
The average temperature of the ocean surface waters is about 17 degrees Celsius (62.6 degrees Fahrenheit). 90 % of the total volume of ocean is found below the thermocline in the deep ocean.
The deep ocean is not well mixed.
97% of all of surface water on Earth is found in oceans.
The remaining 3% of all surface water is found in the form of glaciers and icecaps (frozen water bodies), water vapor and fresh water (water from lakes, river, etc.).
The higher you go the colder it gets. Resulting in colder water.
Hence, The statement which best describes, the temperature of the ocean's surface water varies is areas at high altitude have the coldest water.
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