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Examine three examples of the Coriolis Effect with reference to wind. The effect is that when an object is moving perpendicular to the rotation of a sphere the object will appear to travel in a curved line. Prevailing winds will look as though it is curving, but it is an illusion because the Earth is moving in the opposite direction.
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