When warm air is heated by the Sun and rises at the equator a. it splits, travel

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When warm air is heated by the Sun and rises at the equator a. it splits, travels poleward, is deflected by the Coriolis effect, and sinks al 30 degree North and South latitudes. b. it travels at high elevation, is deflected by the Coriolis effect, and sinks at the poles. c. it is deflected by the Coriolis effect and sinks at the equator in the evening. d. it splits and travels poleward, moving due north and south. The longer the time span that a species existed, the more precisely an index fossil can be used to determine the age of a rock True False

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10. The Coriolis effect tends to change the direction of the wind. When warm air s heated by the sun and rises at the equator, it splits, travel poleward, is deflected by the Coriolis effect and sinks at 30° north and south latitude. The coriolis effecs turns wind flow to the right in northern hemisphere and to the left in southern hemisphere. Answer "a" is correct.

11. False, it is easier to correlate different sediments exactly when the life span of a species is short and hence rapidly evolving types of fossils are valuable.

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