CORIOLIS EFFECT STUDY GUIDE EXAM
In the northern hemisphere, Earth appears to rotate... - counterclockwise
In the northern hemisphere, deflection is to... - the right
In the northern hemisphere, deflection results in... - clockwise rotation of global winds,
ocean currents, jets, etc.
In the northern hemisphere, storms rotate... - counterclockwise
In the southern hemisphere, Earth appears to rotate... - clockwise
In the southern hemisphere, deflection is to.. - left
In the southern hemisphere, deflection results in... - counterclockwise rotation of global
winds, ocean currents, jets, etc
In the southern hemisphere, storms rotate... - clockwise
Coriolis Effect - The apparent deflection of moving objects when the motion is described
relative to a rotating reference frame
The main cause of the Coriolis effect is... - the rotation of the Earth
The direction of deflection is... - from the origin of movement
As latitude increases and the speed of the earth's rotation decreases - Coriolis effect
increases
The Coriolis effect is greater at... - the poles
The Coriolis effect is the least at... - the equator
the faster the speed of the object... - the greater the Coriolis effect
Coriolis is greatest at the poles and least at the equator due to - conservation of angular
momentum
The rotational axis is least at the poles therefore - Coriolis is greater
Mass1 x velocity 1 x radius of rotation1 = - Mass2 x velocity2 x radius of rotation2
Momentum before has to = - the momentum after
