What does the Coriolis effect do?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: The Coriolis effect shifts moving objects to the right of their initial path in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere.

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Which measurement has a length of approximately 750 km?

a. 15° of longitude at 60° latitude b. 10° of longitude at 47° latitude c. 10° of latitude at 24° W longitude d. 10° of longitude at 24° latitude e. 30° of longitude at 75° latitude

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The causes of mortality differ greatly between developing and developed countries. In developing countries, a high proportion of mortality is caused by

A) infectious disease; while in the developed world, most deaths are related to crime. B) poor nutrition; while in the developed world, infectious disease causes most deaths. C) wars and accidents; while in the developed world, most deaths are related to infectious disease. D) infectious disease; while in the developed world, most deaths are related to aging and diseases connected to voluntary behaviors such as smoking and diet.

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A state which places most power in the hands of a central government is a(n)

A) federal state. B) anocratic state. C) fragmented state. D) unitary state. E) compact state.

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________ - a geologic and climatologic process in which great ice sheets formed in the Arctic and Antarctic and advanced toward the equator

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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