Multiple Choice
Instead of the air flowing straight out of a high pressure system,it spirals out in a clockwise direction.The cause of the clockwise spiraling motion is:
A) pressure gradient force.
B) centripetal force.
C) Coriolis force.
D) inertia.
E) turbulence.
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