Based on what you have read in the Christopherson text and what you’ve seen in the powerpoint lecture in this unit, please do the following:
1) If you begin a flight in Bogot Colombia destined for Los Angeles, how will the flight path potentially be altered by the Coriolis effect? Explain the essential mechanism of the Coriolis effect in your answer.
2) Describe how both the Sahara desert at (30 degrees north latitude) and the Amazon rain forest (along the equator) are both products of the same process driven by Hadley cells. (three or four sentences minimum)
3) Explain how the CORIOLIS effect and HADLEY CELLS combine to create the Easterly (flowing from east to west) TRADE WINDS in the tropics. (three sentences minimum)
Length: This should be three paragraphs
