Climate and Currents Notes

The Coriolis effect (video) | Clouds | Khan Academy

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Multiple Choice

Storms spin in the different directions based on the storm's

• Velocity

• Location in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere

• Energy

• All of the Above

Multiple Choice

The Coriolis Effect does NOT explain why

• A paper airplane thrown directly north from Texas would fly towards Delaware

• The air in the eye of a storm gets deflected to the rights in the Northern Hemisphere

• A storm travels faster across wide, flat landmasses

Multiple Choice

Winds are created because of a difference in ______ pressure.

• Solar

• Air

• Wind

• Sune

Multiple Choice

Why does warm air rise?

• Warm air is more dense than cooler air.

• Warm air has more pressure than cooler air.

• Warm air is less dense than cooler air.

• Warm air has a higher dew point than cooler air.

Multiple Choice

In which direction do the Westerlies flow?

• from East to West

• from West to Each

• from North to South

• from South to North

Multiple Choice

Earth's rotation influence currents by a force known as...

• Franklin Rotation

• Coriolis Effect

• Geotrophism

• Gyral Nutation

Multiple Choice

True or False: Currents originating from the equator will carry cold water.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

A system of four currents flowing around the perimeter of an ocean basin is called ______.

• a gyre

• a cell

• a carroll pattern

Multiple Choice

Surface currents are mainly wind driven and move in a ______ direction.

• horizontal

• vertical

• circular