What is the Coriolis force? What are its important properties? How does it affect the movement of objects?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The Coriolis force is caused by the earth's rotation and has an impact on anything that moves in any direction, including the wind. The magnitude of the Coriolis force increases with latitude and also with wind speed.
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A. 21 billion years. B. 7 billion years. C. 6,000 years. D. 14 billion years.
Which of the following primary energy sources is currently most consumed by humans?
A) coal B) oil C) natural gas D) nuclear power E) wood
The "ide" ending is usually, but not always, associated with monatomic anions. Which of the following polyatomic ions has a name which ends in "ide"?
A) C2H3O2- B) HPO42- C) OH- D) SO42-
Which process below will change a moist layer of stable air into a deck of low stratocumulus clouds?
a. mixing b. lifting c. cooling the surface d. heat the top of the layer e. subsidence