Coriolis Effect
Authored by Natalie Amores
Science
9th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Objects in the NORTHERN Hemisphere deflect to which direction due to the Coriolis Effect?
Left
Up
Down
Right
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Objects in the SOUTHERN Hemisphere deflect to which direction due to the Coriolis Effect?
Left
Up
Down
Right
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Westerlies blow in which direction?
West to East
North to South
South to North
East to West
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Easterlies blow in which direction?
East to West
North to South
South to North
West to East
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
NGSS.MS-ESS2-5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
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6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
If the Earth did not rotate, air at the Equator would simply
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
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