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Coriolis Effect

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    what is the coriolis effect?

    change in location of warm and cold surface water every 2-7 years

    tendency of objects moving large distances on Earth’s surface to bend to the right in the northern hemisphere & to the left in the southern hemisphere

    winds in northern Indian ocean that blow from the southwest in the summer & from the northeast in winter

    two layers of horizontal winds moving in opposite directions

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    what is the main cause of the coriolis effect?

    earth’s rotation

    trade winds

    the sun and ocean

    temperature

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    what would happen if there was no coriolis effect?

    the earth would not rotate

    nothing would change

    the atmosphere would only circulate between the poles and the equator; this creates a pattern

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