C is for Coriolis Force

 

The Coriolis Force is the force that results from rotation of the earth around its axis. It makes storms rotate counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemispheres. It looks like a huge blue vortex that cercal the world changing the weather as it moves. 

         

This web page was created by troy a student at John R. Briggs elementary School on 12/13/05. I got this information from Zoom Astronomy Glossary.