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The swirling of winds, ocean currents, bathroom drains, tornados and similar is a result of the Coriolis effect. Thechnically it is descrined as a deflection of moving objects when they arei placed in a rotating reference frame.
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What force formed the earth from swirling dust?
Boom
What Causes the Swirling Shape Of A Hurricane?
The swirling shape of a hurricane is the result of the fact that it spins as it draws air inward. The spinning is due to the Coriolis effect, a consequence of earth's spin. Air flowing into a storm will be deflected to the right if it is in the northern hemisphere and to the left if it is in the southern hemisphere.
What is a mass of swirling cloudsover the ocean called?
A swirling vertical funnel that occurs over a body of water is termed a "waterspout."
The effect of the Earth's rotation on convection currents is called the?
c effect
What effect of earth rotation on the direction of wind and current is called?
Coriolis effect
What is a swirling center of low air pressure called?
cyclone.
What is a swirling center of air pressure called?
cyclone.
What do we call the effects of the earth's rotation on air circulation?
The effect of the Earth's rotation on air circulation is called the Coriolis Effect.
What causes the plates that make up Earth's crust to across Earth's surface?
It is thought that convection currents in the molten layers of the earth are responsible for some of the movement of tectonic plates. The fact that the earth-moon center of gravity, the barycenter, is always within the body of the earth and is always swirling around must have an effect as well, along with general tidal forces.
what is the trapping of heat by earth's atmosphere?
The trapping of heat by the Earth's atmosphere is called the greenhouse effect. During the greenhouse effect, radiation becomes entrapped which results in the heating of the Earth.
What is a large swirling storm with with large low preassure at its center is called?
A Hurricane
What is a swirling storm that forms over warm tropical water called?
A Hurricane
