Coriolis Effect

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

• Left

• Up

• Down

• Right

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The curving of wind across our earth is called the Coriolis Effect. It is caused by

(a)  

• Earth's rotation.

• Earth's gravity.

• wind.

• the moon's gravity.

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In the Northern Hemisphere, the Coriolis Effect causes air to move to the _____________.

• right

• left

• it depends

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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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what is the main cause of the coriolis effect?

• earth’s rotation

• trade winds

• the sun and ocean

• temperature

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Which direction does the Coriolis effect cause moving objects to deflect in the Northern Hemisphere?

• Upwards

• To the right

• To the left

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What is the main factor that causes the Coriolis effect?

• ocean currents

• atmospheric pressure

• rotation of the Earth

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