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What causes surface currents to be deflected 90 degrees from the wind direction?Question 35Select one:upwelling in divergence zonesthe Coriolis Effectinteraction with the continental shelvesdynamic tidal forcesClear my choice

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What causes surface currents to be deflected 90 degrees from the wind direction?Question 35Select one:upwelling in divergence zonesthe Coriolis Effectinteraction with the continental shelvesdynamic tidal forcesClear my choice

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The Coriolis Effect causes surface currents to be deflected 90 degrees from the wind direction. This effect is due to the rotation of the Earth. As the Earth spins, it causes moving air and water to appear to turn to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere. This deflection is what causes the surface currents to move at an angle to the wind direction.

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