What is the comparison of the Coriolis Effect to Rotational Motion? Basically, how do you compare the Coriolis effect to rotational motion in physics. *Trying to study for a physics test in 2 days.What is the comparison of the Coriolis Effect to Rotational Motion?I'm not sure exactly what you're trying to ask here. What do you mean by "comparison"?
The Coriolis force is, like the centrifugal force, not quite a "real" force. If you construct Newton's Laws in a rotating reference frame, you will get some extra terms that aren't there in an inertial frame. One of these terms corresponds to the centrifugal force, which is responsible for the force you feel "pulling outward" on you when you, for example, take a tight turn in a car.
A second term appears as well, and corresponds to what is called the Coriolis force. This comes about only when an object moves with respect to the rotating frame. It is responsible for the fact that, for example, ocean currents in the Northern hemisphere flow in a clockwise manner.
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