The Coriolis effect: what makes the wind blow east or west Science Vocabulary

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Cyclones

a system of winds rotating inward to an area of low atmospheric pressure, with a counterclockwise.

<p>a system of winds rotating inward to an area of low atmospheric pressure, with a counterclockwise.</p>
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Coriolis

an apparent force that as a result of the earth's rotation deflects moving objects (such as projectiles or air currents) to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere.

<p>an apparent force that as a result of the earth's rotation deflects moving objects (such as projectiles or air currents) to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere.</p>
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Equator

an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0°.

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Regions

an area or division, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries.