Store heat of the sun, have an enormous effect on the climate, slow to warm up and cool down, home to powerful currents, source of precipitation, cause of air movements in the atmosphere (winds)
Oceans have an enormous effect on the climate due to their differences in surface temperature depending on the area
Oceans are slow to warm up and cool down
In winter they are a sort of "radiator" and in summer they provide an "air conditioning" effect
Powerful currents
Gulf Stream
Labrador current
Oceans are the source of the vast majority of precipitation
Differences in surface temperature of oceans
Cause air movements in the atmosphere (winds)
Polar regions have little precipitation due to being cold
