Coriolis Effect

What are the prevailing winds closest to the equator known as?

• Tropical winds

• Trade winds

• Polar winds

• Equatorial winds

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What causes the consistent wind patterns known as prevailing winds?

• Differences in air pressure

• Ocean currents

• Earth's rotation

• Differences in temperature

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What is the curved pattern that results when something moves across a spinning object known as?

• Trade winds

• Polar vortex

• Coriolis effect

• Ocean gyres

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What effect does the Coriolis effect have on the prevailing winds at the equator?

• It causes them to blow southward

• It causes them to blow northward

• It causes them to blow westward

• It causes them to blow eastward

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What do the prevailing winds push along with them as they move?

• Sand dunes

• Ocean currents

• Tectonic plates

• Clouds

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What is the reason for the formation of circular ocean gyres?

• Coriolis effect

• Trade winds

• Tides

• Volcanic activity

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What influence have the trade winds had on human travel and trade?

• They have influenced both migration patterns and trade routes

• They have influenced trade routes

• They have no influence

• They have influenced migration patterns

What would life on Earth be like without the Coriolis effect?

• Very different

• Different ocean currents

• Different climate patterns

• No change

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What causes wind in our atmosphere?

• Differences in air density

• Differences in air temperature

• Differences in air composition

• Differences in air humidity

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What is the main reason for the consistent pattern of trade winds for thousands of years?

• Ocean currents

• Solar radiation

• Tectonic plate movement

• Earth's rotation

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