| A | B |
|---|
| Influence of Earth's rotation on objects above the Earth | Coriolis effect |
| global winds found at both poles | polar easterlies |
| global winds found north & south of the equator | tropical easterlies (trade winds) |
| global winds below or above the polar easterlies | prevailing westerlies |
| direction of wind for previaling westerlies | west to east |
| direction of wind for polar easterlies | east to west |
| direction of wind for tropical easterlies | east to west |
| jet stream | high altitude, high velocity winds |
| separates warm air masses from cold air masses | jet stream |
| two types of jet streams found in both the northern & southern hemispheres | polar jet stream and subtropical jet stream |
| direction of wind flow for all jet streams | west to east |
| global winds within each wind belt curve because of this effect | Coriolis Effect |
