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Many things cause wind to alter its path. Wind can encounter other wind moving in another direction. It can encounter solid obstacles such as mountains. It can be affected by sunlight, causing hot air to rise from the ground.
Myrtice Paucek
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∙ 9y agoThe Coriolis effect is when earth's rotation causes winds and currents to deviate from a straight line trajectory. It makes hurricanes spin counter clockwise in the northern hemisphere.
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What causes winds to deviate from straight-line path?
Thunderstorms :)
What caused winds deviate from straight line paths?
Many things cause wind to alter its path. Wind can encounter other wind moving in another direction. It can encounter solid obstacles such as mountains. It can be affected by sunlight, causing hot air to rise from the ground.
What causes surface currents to move in circular paths?
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What causes global winds and currents to curve in a circular pattern?
The curved paths of global winds and surface currents are caused by warm air near the equator.
What causes winds to deviate from straight-line paths?
Winds don't blow in a straight line because of the Coriolis effect. Coriolis effect is the deflectiion of all moving particales of matter at Earth's surface to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere. This provides evidence for the Earth's rotation. Since the wind is not attach to the Earth, it doestn't move along with the Earth. As a result, the wind curves when it blows from a high to low pressure.
Which of these causes global winds to appear to turn instead of blow straight across the earth's surface?
The Coriolis effect is when global winds appear to turn instead of blowing straight across the earth's surface.
Which of these causes global winds to appear to turn instead of blow straight across the earths surface?
Coriolis effect
What air motion causes cloud formation and causes the winds to converge into cyclones?
Winds
What are straight lined winds?
Straight line winds are, convective wind gusts, outflow and downbursts. Straight-line wind is wind that comes out of a thunderstorm.
How does this motion affect global winds?
it causes the winds to curb
Steady winds that follow the same paths most of tnhe time can cause?
surface currents
What causes currents to change direction?
Circulating winds
