Foucault Pendulum And The Coriolis Effect

Test Description: Characteristics of the the pendulum and the Coriolis effect.

Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.

1) The Foucault pendulum provides evidence that the Earth

2) The best evidence that the Earth rotates is provided by

3) A Foucault pendulum appears to change its direction of swing due to the

4) What causes the Coriolis effect?

5) Winds appear to curve toward the right in the Northern Hemisphere. This curving to the right is caused by the Earth's

6) Which characteristic of the atmosphere is modified most by the Earth's rotation?

7) The pendulum appears to change its direction of swing because of Earth's

8) Winds curve in this direction in the Northern Hemisphere

9) Winds curve in this direction in the Southern Hemisphere

10) In 1851, this French physicist constructed a large pendulum that always changed its direction of swing at the same rate in a clockwise direction.


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