Coriolis Effect

PART 1

http://www.helium.com/items/1371800-the-coriolis-effect-and-the-coriolis-force
This article explaining the Coriolis effect.  While we read the article answer these questions:

1.  The Coriolis effect is used to explain what two global systems?
2. What direction do current in the northern hemisphere spin?
3. Where on the Earth's surface is the Coriolis effect weakest?
4. Where on the Earth's surface do winds from the southern and northern hemisphere converge?
5. What weather pattern may the author be describing in the sentence below?

"Closer to the poles however, as the effect becomes stronger, vortices may form, producing strong anticyclonic and cyclonic winds"

PART 2

Watch what happens in this video made by MIT students in Boston.  The ball is going straight, but does it get to its target?   http://techtv.mit.edu/videos/3714-the-coriolis-effect

The Coriolis effect also impacts flying objects. Play this game by trying to land a plane.
 GAME