Without the crawlers effect the atmosphere would circulate back-and-forth between the warm low pressure area at the equator in the cold, high-pressure area at the poles instead of the Corrales effect results and air deflecting towards the right in the northern hemisphere and toward the left and the southern hemisphere what causes these curved paths

Question

A. the Earth spins faster at poles than at the equator
B. the different parts of the Earth rotate different speeds
C. the equator, receives more sunlight than the poles
D. receive more sunlight than the equator

Answer 1

The correct answer is B. the different parts of the Earth rotate at different speeds.

This is known as the Coriolis effect, which arises because the Earth is a rotating sphere. Due to the rotation, different points on the Earth's surface travel at different velocities, with the equator moving faster than the poles. This difference in speed affects the path that moving air (and water) takes, causing it to curve rather than move in a straight line. In the Northern Hemisphere, this deflection is to the right, while in the Southern Hemisphere, it is to the left.