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Objects in the NORTHERN Hemisphere deflect to which direction due to the Coriolis Effect?
Left
Up
Down
Right
Objects in the SOUTHERN Hemisphere deflect to which direction due to the Coriolis Effect?
Left
Up
Down
Right
The Coriolis Effect is caused by what?
The wind blowing
Earth's gravity pulling things down
The rotation of the Earth
The pull of the Moon
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
What is the main cause of the Coriolis Effect?
earth’s rotation
trade winds
the sun and ocean
temperature
The Coriolis effect causes ___________.
the Earth to rotate on its axis
earthquakes
global winds to move in a curved path instead of a straight line
the Earth to revolve around the sun
Earth's Rotation causes all ______ and ocean currents except on the equator, to be deflected from the paths they would take if Earth did not rotate.
air
water
winds
sunlight
The _________ of moving objects from a straight path due to Earth's rotation is called the Coriolis Effect.
reflection
deflection
refraction
attraction
The purpose of spinning the tray with water and food coloring in yesterday's lab was to symbolize?
Earth's revolution
Earth's rotation
Earth's axis
Earth's surface
If Earth did not rotate, then all of the winds and ocean currents would not circulate around the Earth.
True
False
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