The Coriolis effect describes how moving objects on Earth appear to follow curved paths due to Earth's rotation.

a. true
b. false


Answer: a. true

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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A) Midwest (Iowa, Minnesota) B) Northeast (New York, Pennsylvania) C) South (Alabama, Georgia) D) Southwest (Arizona, New Mexico) E) all of the above have equal amounts of incoming solar radiation

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On 9 January 1857, the San Andreas fault segment between Cholame and San Bernardino broke loose at its northwestern end, and the rupture propagated southeastward in the great ________ earthquake with a magnitude of about 7.9.

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inadvertent leaks or blowouts during the drilling process. A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid. B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid. C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect. D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct. E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.

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