Question

Because of the Coriolis effect, surface currents in the Southern Hemisphere are deflected _____. southward northward to the right to the left

Answer 1

Answer:Because of the Coriolis effect, surface currents in the Southern Hemisphere are deflected to the left.

Explanation:

Because the Earth rotates on its axis, circulating air is deflected toward the right in the Northern Hemisphere and toward the left in the Southern Hemisphere. This deflection is called the Coriolis effect.

Answer 2

Because of the Coriolis effect, surface currents in the Southern Hemisphere are deflected to the left.

What is Coriolis effect

Coriolis effect occur when an object  did not moved to the direction the object is supposed to move to or when an object rotate clockwise.

Based on this in the Southern Hemisphere, surface  currents are deflected to the left .

Therefore the correct statement is deflected to the left.

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