What is the first name of nineteenth-century French scientist who worked it out Coriolis force mathematically?
Gaspard
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True or falseโ A difference in horizontal air pressure produces a vertical pressure gradient force.
False
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Change in velocity over a period of time. A. Speed B. Distance C. Displacement D. Acceleration
B. Distance
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The amount of deflection depends upon? Give 2.
The amount of deflection depends upon: 1. the rotation of the earth 2. the latitude 3. the objectโs speed
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The large Lโs represent centers of low pressure, also known as A. Depressants B. Depressing C. Depressor D. Depressions
D. Depressions
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The sea-level pressure chart described so far is called ------- -------- ----------.
Constant Height Chart
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The most common type of home barometer. A. Asenoid baramoter B. Aneroid barometer C. Homid barometer D. Homoid barometer
B. Aneroid Barometer
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A wind that blows at a constant speed parallel to curved isobars above the level of frictional influence is termed a ____________?
Gradient Wind
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When the wind-flow pattern aloft is west-to-east, the flow is called? A. Spatial B. Direxral C. Zonal D. Meriodional
C. Zonal
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Pressure gradient is A. difference in pressure x distance B. difference in pressure / distance C. difference in pressure / temperature D. difference in pressure x temperature
B. difference in pressure / distance
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True or falseโ Near the surface, friction reduces the wind speed, which in turn reduces the Coriolis force.
True
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True or falseโ Geo: earth; strophic: spinning
False
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True or falseโ When air is in hydrostatic equilibrium, there is no net vertical force acting on it, and so there is no net vertical acceleration.