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Question 7 of 25

The diagram shows the direction trade winds blow below and above the
equator. What causes the trade winds to move at an angle rather than straight
toward the equator?
for Easterlies

Question 7 of 25 The diagram shows the direction trade winds blow below and above-example-1

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Answer:

A. The Coriolis Effect bends them

Step-by-step explanation:

The Coriolis Effect is a force that causes objects and other things that are not attached to the ground and which are moving over a large distance around the Earth such as the trade winds or air planes, to take an apparent curved path in their motion rather than moving in a straight line, due mainly to the rotation of the Earth

The Coriolis Effect is named after French mathematical physicist Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis

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