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If earths didn’t rotate then global winds would only go east and west true or false

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If the Earth did not rotate, wind would blow in a straight line. But since the Earth is rotating beneath the wind, the path it follows becomes a curve. In the Northern Hemisphere, the Earth rotates counterclockwise so the wind is deflected to the right.

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