If the Earth was not rotating on its axis (but was stationary instead), how would wind flow?
A) The air would flow straight up.
B) The air would flow very, very fast.
C) Air would flow directly from high to low pressure.
D) The atmosphere would be lost to space, and we would have not wind at all.

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Without Earth's rotation, the Coriolis effect would not occur, so air would flow directly from high to low pressure areas.

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