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¿Cuál es la componente dominante en los vientos polares?What is the prevailing direction of polar winds?
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Correct answer: c) NE in the Northern Hemisphere and SE in the Southern.
Why it is correct
They leave the pole and Coriolis deflects them: NE in the north and SE in the south.
Why the others are not
- a) Those are the westerlies.
- b) Those are the westerlies.
- d) They are swapped.
How to work it out in the exam
- Polar: easterly.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2021 · Convocatoria de diciembre · CY Test 1 · question 23 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2021 · Convocatoria de diciembre · CY Test 3 · question 25 Official paper · Official answer key
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