Q: What phenomenon makes global winds blow northeast to southwest or the reverse in the northern hemisphere and northwest to southeast or the reverse in the southern hemisphere?


Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:

Without Coriolis Effect the global winds would blow north to south or south to north. But Coriolis makes them blow northeast to southwest or the reverse in the Northern Hemisphere. The winds blow northwest to southeast or the reverse in the southern hemisphere.

 Choices:

- muon effect

- centrifugal effect

- tropical effect

- coriolis effect


A:
coriolis effect