This simulation compares velocity and acceleration of a ladybug on the ground.

Courtesy of PHET, University of Colorado Boulder
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This simulation compares velocity and centripetal acceleration of a particle on a merry-go-round, and on the ground. Please note that the shown acceleration of the rotating ladybug is ONLY centripetal acceleration (i.e. it does not include other terms that indicate a change in velocity).

Courtesy of PHET, University of Colorado Boulder
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Dr. Andy Ruina at Cornell demonstrating an apparatus that only experiences coriolis acceleration.

A disk that simulates coriolis acceleration.
Courtesy of the Wolfram Demonstrations Project
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