Which best explains how the coriolis effect is related to wind direction? a. air moves in a straight line from north to south. b. wind is cooler at the poles and warmer at the equator. c. wind blows down from mountaintops and up from canyons. d. earth's rotation causes deflection of winds to the left or the right.

Which statement correctly describes metallic bonds? a. they form when certain atoms lose electrons and other atoms gain electrons. b. they involve an attraction between anions and cations. they always involvpoth a metal and a nonmetal. d. they can only form between atoms of the same element. e. they form because electrons can move freely between atoms.

The characteristic of two different types of reactions are shown below. reaction a: electrons are gained by the atoms of an element. reaction b: protons are lost by the atom of and element. which statement is true about the atoms of the elements that participate in the two reactions? a: their identity changes in both reaction a and b. b: their identity changes in reaction a but not b. c: their identity changes in reaction b but not a. d: their identity remains the same.

Many ionic compounds and a few highly polar covalent compounds are because they completely ionize in water to create a solution filled with charged ions that can conduct an electric current.