Eli5 I know you’ve physically jumped inside of a bus, van or train and retained the same exact position post jump… Is this the same concept as clouds and the earth, do clouds rotate with the earth or just get blown by the wind.

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Eli5 I know you’ve physically jumped inside of a bus, van or train and retained the same exact position post jump… Is this the same concept as clouds and the earth, do clouds rotate with the earth or just get blown by the wind.

In: Earth Science

Answer 1

Have you never seen clouds of different altitudes move in different directions? Seen them move at different speeds? There are different air currents moving at different altitudes.