I guess I need to re phrase the weather question. The earth spins toward the east. The weather moves east too.
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Only here in the temperate zone. The wind blows the right way near the poles and the equator.
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it is due to the rotaion of the Earth with respect to Sun , \n\nit is visible from east first  not rising , \n\nthe light rays emerges form east.
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We can see the sun rise and set, and it would be impossible for the sun to revolve around the earth because of the huge difference in math, so the only explanation is that the earth is spinning.\n\nIn reply to the first two replys, the sun is not the center of the universe, it is the center of the solar system. Also, because of the sun's gravity, we REVOLVE, but that has nothing to do with rotation. MOMENTUM is what causes us to not feel the spin/movement, not inertia.
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Antarctic.\nthe earth spins around the sun in an ellipse when the artic has its coldest point the earth is closer to the sun in comparison to when the antartic is the coldest
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It is because of the Earth's rotation.
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Do you mean why? or how?\nWhy:\nBecuase whne it was formed, it was made from gasses and matter that was spinning around the sun. As it formed into a ball, it continued to spin as it was sucked into a big mass.\n\nHow:\nTo the east at about 1000 mph at the equator, 700 mph at New York
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Hint: The Earth revolves 7.5 degrees every 30 minutes.
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The correct option is 'rotation of the earth'. When earth revolves, some part of it is directly facing the sun, and the other part is not. That explains the presence of day in one part of the world, and night in the other.
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It's also true with water going down the drain. It goes the other way in the southern hemisphere, because of the earths rotation.
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As the earth rotates on its axis, the atmosphere is rotating with it.  Otherwise there'd be a constant wind, like in a fast-moving car on a still day,  as we were dragged through the atmosphere at the speed of the earth's rotation, yes?   And all winds would blow from east to west, and we know that's not the case.  \n\nBut the rotation of the earth does have an important effect on the weather.   A strange thing about rotating a globe is that a point on the equator has to move much faster to make it all the way around the waist of the globe in 24 hours than a point up around the Arctic circle has to move to make it all the way around the Arctic circle in 24 hours. (you can test this with a piece of string: The length of a piece of string wrapped around a globe at the level of New York is much shorter than a piece of string wrapped around the globe at the equator, right?)\n\n  You know that, looking at the globe with the sun behind your back, as the world turns, the continents pass off to the right (the east). New York crosses into the sun at dawn while San Francisco is still on the dark side of the globe.  Because the surface of the earth at the  equator is rotating faster than the surface of the earth 500 miles north of the equator, so is the air above it.  But the air above the equator isn't attached to the air above a point 500 miles north.  So the faster-moving and slower-moving air rub past each other.  This forms a kind of bow wave at the equator, like the wave that peels back from the bow of a boat as it moves through the water. Think of a big arrow pointing to the right and wrapped around  the equator.  So the air peels  back to either side of the equator, and forms a swirling current--curling counter-clockwise above the equator and clockwise below it.  This is called the coriolis wind.  It's one important factor in where weather comes from.
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Think about the earth's position to the sun during the four phases of season and its tilt on its axis.  That oughta get the wheels turning.
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the earth spins in the same direction for everybody....it rises in the east and sets in the west
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Earth is rotating at a speed of about 1100 miles per hour. If our planet suddenly stopped rotating, the atmosphere would still be in motion at that speed. The atmosphere would be moving so fast it would literally sweep the land masses clear of anything not anchored to bedrock, this would mean rocks, soil, trees, buildings, people and animals. All would be swept up into the atmosphere.\n\nIf the Earth's rotation slowed down gradually over millions of years, and this is the most likely scenario, it would be a very different story. If the Earth slowed down to one rotation every year, called synchronous rotation, every area on Earth would be in either sunlight or darkness for one year. This would be similar to what the Moon goes through where for two weeks the front side of the Moon is illuminated by the Sun followed by the front side being in darkness for two weeks.\n\nBut what if the Earth stopped rotating completely? In that case, one half the Earth would be in daylight for half the year while the other side would be in darkness. The second half of the year it would be reversed. Temperature variations would be far more extreme then they are now. The temperature gradient would affect the wind circulation also. Air would move from the equator to the poles rather then in wind systems parallel to the equator as they are now.
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Good question! I think no because everything moves within the atmosphere. Such as 8 hour long airplanes. If they travel the opposite direction of the earth's rotation, it wouldn't just stay still over the same exact spot over the ocean if it traveled 1000mph. good question, but that's what i predict using prior knowledge. Plus, i think it's gravitational force that makes every object move at the same time along with the earth itself. It may have to do with Earth's magnetic field, i don't know.
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The prevailing winds are formed due to circulations because of the rotating earth.  I assume this is a homework question you're trying to answer... and I have just a webpage (I think) will help you better than me trying to explain it as it uses graphics.  \nBetween 30-60 degrees North, we see the prevailing westerlies, or winds that generally come from a southwest direction.  Closer to the equator exists the trade winds which blow from the northeast.  And toward the poles are the polar easterlies which blow from the northeast.
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i see what you mean...in case the night was day and September was January the earth would have to turn Clockwise rather that counter clockwise.... and it would have to turn ccw around the sun too....but there is nothing in earth's motion that sets the days of the weak...so today would be just what ever the calender says....Saturday in this case. :D
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it seems to rise in the east and set in the west, but it is really the rotation of the earth, so the sun isnt really rising or setting at all