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Practice Questions
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What is the Coriolis effect?
💡 Hint: Think about how wind changes direction as it moves.
What type of system is a cyclone?
💡 Hint: Consider what happens in low-pressure areas.
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Interactive Quizzes
Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning
What is the Coriolis effect responsible for?
💡 Hint: Recall how air moves in different hemispheres.
True or False: Cyclones are high-pressure systems.
💡 Hint: Think about how air moves toward low-pressure areas.
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Challenge Problems
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Evaluate how the Coriolis effect would change a wind pattern during a cyclone if an observer were located at the equator.
💡 Hint: Consider the strength of the Coriolis effect as you move away from the equator.
Calculate the angular velocity of precession for a Foucault pendulum located at a latitude of 30 degrees if the angular velocity of Earth is approximately 7.292 × 10^-5 rad/s.
💡 Hint: Remember to convert the latitude degrees into radians for the calculation.
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