Venus rotates so rapidly that the dominant form of atmospheric circulation is powered by

a. winds moving from its equator to its poles.
b. heated air escaping from its volcanoes moving along the equator.
c. winds moving from its poles to its equator.
d. heated air escaping from active tectonic plates.


a. winds moving from its equator to its poles.

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