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Is it true or false that in the northern hemisphere surface currents curve to the left?
Wiki User
∙ 9y ago
False. In the northern hemisphere, surface currents generally curve to the right due to the Coriolis effect. The Coriolis effect is caused by the rotation of the Earth, which deflects moving objects to the right in the northern hemisphere.
Wiki User
∙ 9y agoThe large ocean currents in the Northern Hemisphere tend to curve to the right.as you travel with the current. This is subject to considerable local variation (the Alaskan Current and the Norwegian Current both curve left, for example), so you can't be certain that at any particular point it will be true... but if you had to make a guess, "to the right" is more likely to be correct.
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Surface ocean currents curve to the right in the Northern Hemisphere because?
the earth spins on it's axis
In the Northern Hemisphere the Coriolis effect causes winds to curve to the?
right
When the Northern Hemisphere the Coriolis effect causes winds to curve to the?
Answer #1: left===============Answer #2: right
What In the Northern Hemisphere the Coriolis effect causes winds to curve to the?
right
Which type of survivorship curve is associated with opportunistic life history species?
Type I survivorship curve
What causes surface ocean currents to curve to the right in the northern hemisphere?
Coriolis effect
Surface ocean currents curve to the right in the Northern Hemisphere because?
the earth spins on it's axis
How do winds create currents?
Ocean currents in the northern hemisphere curve to the right and currents in the southern hemisphere curve to the left.Because the Earth rotates, currents do not travel in straightlines.
Why do currents curve in the northern hemisphere?
the wind takes them
Do Southern Hemisphere surface currents curve to the left?
true
How does the rotation of earth modify ocean currents in the northern hemisphere?
because of the Earths rotation the ocean currents are not in straight lines. In the northern hemisphere they curve to the right
