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ConcepTest: Deflected Ocean Currents

ConcepTest questions by David McConnell , David Steer , Walter Borowski, Jeffrey Dick, Annabelle Foos, Jeffrey Knott, Alvin Konigsberg, Michelle Malone, Heidi McGrew, Kathie Owens, and Stephen Van Horn

Question:

How would the deflection of ocean currents be altered in the Northern Hemisphere if Earth's rotation changed direction from west to east to east to west? Ocean current directions would _________________ and currents would be deflected to the _____________________.

a. switch direction; left of their course
b. stay the same; left of their course
c. switch direction; right of their course
d. stay the same; right of their course

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