Coriolis Effect

Objects in the NORTHERN Hemisphere deflect to which direction due to the Coriolis Effect?

• Left (counterclockwise)

• Up

• Down

• Right (clockwise)

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Objects in the SOUTHERN Hemisphere deflect to which direction due to the Coriolis Effect?

• Left (counterclockwise)

• Up

• Down

• Right (clockwise)

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Westerlies blow in which direction?

• West to East

• North to South

• South to North

• East to West

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Easterlies blow in which direction?

• East to West

• North to South

• South to North

• West to East

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What causes the Coriolis Effect?

• The wind blowing

• Earth's gravity pulling things down

• The rotation of the Earth

• The pull of the Moon

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What is the coriolis effect?

• Change in location of warm and cold surface water every two to seven years

• The tendency of objects moving large distances on Earth’s surface to deflect clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise 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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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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