Coriolis Effect

How does the Coriolis Effect influence hurricanes and cyclones

• determines how powerful they will be
• determines where they will go
• determines where they form
• determines the direction of the wind rotation

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If the Earth did not rotate, air at the Equator would simply

• Sink and move toward the poles.
• Rise and move toward the poles.
• Stay stationary.
• None of the above.

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As a result of the Coriolis effect in the northern hemisphere, winds are deflected:

• At a 45° angle from the original direction.
• At a 90° angle from the original direction.
• To the right of the original direction.
• To the left of the original direction.

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The Coriolis Effect is caused by

• Earth rotating around the sun
• Earth rotating on its axis
• The tides
• Gravity

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What is the Coriolis Effect and how does it effect global winds?

• Curving of winds due to rotation of earth curves wind counterclockwise in Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere
• Movement of ocean currents caused by earth rotation' counterclockwise in Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in Southern Hemisphere
• curve of global winds caused by global rotation clockwise in Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in Southern Hemisphere

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Winds blow from areas of what to what?

• High temperature to high pressure

• Low temperature to high pressure

• High pressure to low temperature

• High pressure to low pressure

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

• Left

• Up

• Down

• Right

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

• Left

• Up

• Down

• Right

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What is the Coriolis Effect? (think to our demonstration)

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