Near the Equator, the dominant direction of air movement is what?

Question

My teacher is a douche bag. We have these fill in the blank quizes online to take for my oceanography class and the answers have to match exactly or they show up as wrong. I have already tried:

west, western, westerly, left, east, eastern, easterly, right, north, south, northern, southern, north west, south west and all of them show up as wrong.

Answer 1

The question is referring to Hadley cells, which have an upward direction at the Equator. They are related to tradewinds and the formation of tropical forests and subtropical deserts.

Answer 2

It's west to east, or
west-to-east
westerly
from the west
towards the east
or anything else you can think of that means from west to east.

That's a dumb quiz if it's programmed that way.
And your teacher is not a douchebag. You are for calling someone a bad name.


Edit: below answerer is right. Pick him for best answer. Dominant air movement != dominant wind direction.

Answer 3

Equatorial region gets maximum solar radiation and thus the surface area gets heated to the maximum and air rises in this area creating a low pressure belt here. But there is a weak pressure gradient in this equtorial low pressure belt.Hence this is a region of calm winds known as doldrums.As air is constantly rising in this region frequent rain are experienced resulting in equatorial forests.

Answer 4

It is a trick question. The winds at the equator are called doldrums. Because there is little or no wind.