Coriolis Design Lab
Objective: Design and implement a model using the knowledge of the Coriolis Effect that demonstrates what direction a pilot would take when traveling from Seattle to San Francisco.
Materials:
Water (wind)
food coloring
Globe (Earth)
Knowledge of the coriolis Effect
Procedure:
1. Dye the water with food coloring
2. Put the dyed water in a syringe.
3. Spun the globe counter-clockwise while someone else squeezed drop by drop of colored water on the Northern Hemisphere.
Data Table:
Materials:
Water (wind)
food coloring
Globe (Earth)
Knowledge of the coriolis Effect
Procedure:
1. Dye the water with food coloring
2. Put the dyed water in a syringe.
3. Spun the globe counter-clockwise while someone else squeezed drop by drop of colored water on the Northern Hemisphere.
Data Table:
Trial Number
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Direction of the Water
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Conclusion:
The Coriolis effect causes the wind to veer to the right on the Northern Hemisphere and veer to the left on Southern Hemisphere because of the Earths's rotation. So, because the wind veers to the right the pilot should fly slightly to the left to keep going straight and to get to Seattle.
The Coriolis effect causes the wind to veer to the right on the Northern Hemisphere and veer to the left on Southern Hemisphere because of the Earths's rotation. So, because the wind veers to the right the pilot should fly slightly to the left to keep going straight and to get to Seattle.