How would Earth's wind patterns likely differ if there were no Coriolis effect?
A) They would flow east and west at the same speeds from the equator to the poles.
B) They would begin at the poles and flow north and south from the poles to the equator.
C) They would be deflected toward the east in both hemispheres, but separate circulations would continue.
D) They would be deflected toward the west in both hemispheres, but separate circulations would continue.
E) They would flow north and south from the equator in straight lines, without separate circulations at different latitudes.

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The Coriolis effect causes wind patterns to deflect to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere. Without this effect, winds would move in straight lines from high to low pressure, resulting in a simple north-south flow from the equator instead of separate circulations at different latitudes.

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