Coriolis Effect and Wind Movement

If the Earth did not rotate, wind

• Sink and move toward the poles.

• move in a straight line

• Stay stationary.

• None of the above.

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Looking at the image above which image displays high temperature

• Left

• Right

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the movement of wind and water to the right or left that is caused by Earth's rotation

• rain shadow

• front

• upwelling

• Coriolis effect

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the movement of air from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure

• albedo

• air mass

• upwelling

• wind

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stead winds that flow from west to east between latitudes 30° N and 60°N, and 30°S and 60°S

• prevailing westerlies

• polar easterlies

• density current

• Coriolis effect

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Due to the Coriolis Effect, water in the northern hemisphere moves

• clockwise

• counter clockwise

• both

• neither

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Surface currents are mainly caused by

• The Coriolis Effect

• Cold and Warm Water

• Convection

• Wind

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______ causes surface currents.

• The Coriolis Effect

• gravity

• density differences

• wind

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What is the primary cause of the Coriolis Effect?

• Earth's rotation

• Earth's revolution

• Gravitational pull of the moon

• Solar radiation

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In which direction does the Coriolis Effect deflect wind in the Southern Hemisphere?

• To the right

• To the left

• Upwards

• Downwards

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