2007-04-29 23:45:01 · 5 answers · asked by myke.vcn 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
The person who called you a moron is one himself. It's called the Coriolis effect and it only works across hundreds of miles and not in a sink .... Read here ...
http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/Bad/BadCoriolis.html
2007-04-30 01:33:04 · answer #1 · answered by Gene 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Water down the drain like sinks, bath tubs, or toilet bowls as well as creepers winding about a support going clockwise or counterclockwise is not true.
There is a Coriolis effect caused by the rotation of the earth on the north -south axis that leads to this behaviour with cyclones. This is because the surface velocity of earth varies with latitude, being zero at the poles and equal to about 40,000km/day at the equator.
This effect manifests only when the eddies are very large.
2007-05-03 02:02:50 · answer #2 · answered by A.V.R. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2007-04-30 07:08:51 · answer #3 · answered by tdrajagopal 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yeah its not anticlockwise you fool its counter clockwise other than that you are right ...moron
2007-04-30 06:56:43 · answer #4 · answered by ballzdeep 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Don't know.
2007-05-02 11:25:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋