If There Were No Continents and the Earth Did Not

question 66

Multiple Choice

If there were no continents and the Earth did not rotate, the surface wind patterns would be simple: Surface winds would blow from ________.

• A) the south everywhere on Earth
• B) west to east everywhere on Earth
• C) the east in the Southern Hemisphere
• D) the North in the Northern Hemisphere
• E) the North in the Southern Hemisphere

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