Research Question:
Which way would a pilot go if he was traveling from Seattle to SanFrancisco using the Coriolis Effect?
Procedure:
1. Draw ocean and locations (Seattle and SanFrancisco)
2. Put balloon on the location of Seattle.
3. Have someone rotate the pie pan to represent the Earth's rotation.
4. Blow air through a straw to represent wind, blow on the balloon.
5. Observe the direction of the balloons movements.
Data:
Which way would a pilot go if he was traveling from Seattle to SanFrancisco using the Coriolis Effect?
Procedure:
1. Draw ocean and locations (Seattle and SanFrancisco)
2. Put balloon on the location of Seattle.
3. Have someone rotate the pie pan to represent the Earth's rotation.
4. Blow air through a straw to represent wind, blow on the balloon.
5. Observe the direction of the balloons movements.
Data:
design.docx | |
File Size: | 30 kb |
File Type: | docx |
Data Analysis/ Conclusion:
The pilot should have flown to the right, because the Coriolis Effect would have pushed it that way. Just like when we rotated the pan to the left and blew wind it caused the balloon to go to the right.
The pilot should have flown to the right, because the Coriolis Effect would have pushed it that way. Just like when we rotated the pan to the left and blew wind it caused the balloon to go to the right.