The Coriolis Effect Entrance Ticket
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Aric Seilhamer
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Science
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6th Grade
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1.
Multiple Choice
Objects in the NORTHERN Hemisphere deflect to which direction due to the Coriolis Effect?
Left
Up
Down
Right
2.
Multiple Choice
Objects in the SOUTHERN Hemisphere deflect to which direction due to the Coriolis Effect?
Left
Up
Down
Right
3.
Multiple Choice
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
4.
Multiple Choice
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
5.
Multiple Choice
What is the main cause of the Coriolis Effect?
earth’s rotation
trade winds
the sun and ocean
temperature
6.
Multiple Choice
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
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