Earth's Rotation and Its Impact

What is the speed at which you would be moving if you stood on the equator due to Earth's rotation?

• 1,670 kilometers per hour

• 1,000 kilometers per hour

• 2,000 kilometers per hour

• 500 kilometers per hour

What would be one of the initial changes if Earth's rotation were reversed?

• All flights would take longer.

• The equator would stop moving.

• The Sahara Desert would immediately become a rainforest.

• Hurricanes would travel from west to east across the Atlantic.

How would reversing Earth's rotation potentially affect global deserts?

• Deserts would become oceans.

• Deserts would expand to cover more land.

• Deserts would shrink, allowing more plant life to grow.

• Deserts would remain unchanged.

What would happen to the prevailing westerlies if Earth's rotation were reversed?

• They would stop blowing altogether.

• They would cause Europe to experience tropical weather.

• They would blow stronger towards the east.

• They would reverse direction, bringing cold winds from Russia to Europe.

How would the landscape of North America change with a reversed Earth rotation?

• The American Southwest would become a rainforest.

• The entire continent would become a desert.

• The American Southeast would become mountainous.

• The deserts of the American Southwest would move to the Southeast.