Chapter 22, Section 3
Standards
Chapter 10, Section 2
5a. Students know how differential heating of Earth results in circulation
patterns in the atmosphere and oceans that globally distribute heat.
5b. Students know the relationship between the rotation of Earth and the
circular motions of ocean currents and air in pressure centers.
Objective 1
Explain the Coriolis effect
Objective 2
Objective 3
Describe the global patterns of air circulation and
name the 3 global windbelts.
Identify 2 factors that form local wind patterns.
Assessment
Chapter Test
Review
Daily Bellwork, Science Starters, Standards Practice
Coriolis Effect
The tendency of a moving object to follow a curved path
rather than a straight one because of the rotation of the
Earth is called the CORIOLIS EFFECT.
When air moves towards the poles, it travels east faster than
the land beneath it, following a curved path.
In the Northern Hemisphere wind is deflected to the right
and Southern Hemisphere=left.
Faster the wind or the longer the distance, the greater the
CORIOLIS EFFECT.
Coriololis Effect Video
Global Winds
Solar Energy
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