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Select the correct location on the image.

The red arrow shows the direction that wind from the South Pole would travel if Earth were not spinning. The wind’s destination is at point A. Because Earth is spinning in the direction shown by the blue arrow, the Coriolis effect will cause the wind to terminate closest to which point?
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To determine where the wind would terminate due to the Coriolis effect, we need to consider the direction of the wind from the South Pole and the effect of Earth's rotation.

  1. The wind is blowing from the South Pole towards point A.
  2. Because the Earth rotates from west to east (indicated by the blue arrow), the Coriolis effect will cause the wind to deflect to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere.
  3. Since the wind is traveling from the South Pole (which is in the Southern Hemisphere), it will deflect to the left as it moves toward point A.

If you are able to visualize or refer to the image, look for the point that is deflected to the left of point A due to the Earth's rotation.

Based on this explanation, the correct answer choice will depend on your specific image, but you should select the number that represents the point where the wind would end up after deflection due to the Coriolis effect, which would be left of point A if viewed from the South Pole.