Question
The Earth’s rotation causes the Antarctic Circumpolar Current to flow in this cardinal direction. For 10 points each:
[10e] The Earth’s rotation causes the Sun to appear to rise in what cardinal direction?
ANSWER: east
[10h] Other eastward-propagating disturbances include this British scientist’s namesake equatorial waves. This scientist’s 1862 estimate of the Earth’s age as 100 million years was mocked by Thomas Huxley for being absurdly large.
ANSWER: Lord Kelvin [or William Thomson or 1st Baron Kelvin; accept equatorial Kelvin waves]
[10m] By contrast, Earth’s rotation makes these winds move westward. These winds meet near the equator at the intertropical convergence zone.
ANSWER: trade winds
<Joseph Krol, Science - Earth> ~21143~ <Editor: David Bass>