Coriolis force

Okay, so imagine you are spinning round and round on a swing set. When you spin, you feel like you are being pushed to the side, right? That's because of something called "centrifugal force." It's like a fake force that feels like it's pushing you away from the center of the swing set.

Now, imagine you're on a big round spaceship that's spinning really fast. You're standing on the outside of the spaceship and can see space out of a window in front of you. If you tried to throw a ball straight ahead, it wouldn't go in a straight line. It would seem like it was being pushed to the side, just like you were on the swing set. This is called the Coriolis Force.

The Coriolis force happens because the spaceship (or the Earth) is spinning so fast that things don't act like they normally would. Instead of going in a straight line, they are "deflected" to the side because of the way the planet is spinning. This is important for things like weather patterns or ocean currents, which can be affected by the Coriolis force.