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📅 MIT Science Bowl 2024🎓 HS🔄 Round 13#️⃣ Question 10🌟 BONUS✍️ Short Answer

Your next bonus is visual. The diagram depicts the flow of gradient wind around a mid-latitude pressure system. Answer the following three questions. 1) What hemisphere is the pressure system located in? 2) Is the magnitude of the pressure gradient force acting on the red dot greater than, equal to, or less than the magnitude of the Coriolis force acting on the same region? 3) If this system were moved to the equator, what term would describe the flow of wind in which magnitude of the Coriolis force is approximately zero?

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