In which direction does the wind usually blow, with regards to both hemispheres? Why?

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Prevailing winds help transfer heat from the equator to the poles but the winds do not flow directly from the equator to the poles. Air flows in one direction at sea level but must return at a higher elevation (otherwise all the air would accumulate at the poles).
 
Prevailing winds help transfer heat from the equator to the poles but the winds do not flow directly from the equator to the poles. Air flows in one direction at sea level but must return at a higher elevation (otherwise all the air would accumulate at the poles).
 
Prevailing winds help transfer heat from the equator to the poles but the winds do not flow directly from the equator to the poles. Air flows in one direction at sea level but must return at a higher elevation (otherwise all the air would accumulate at the poles).
 
I read somewhere that prevailing winds move from west to east, but in the tropics that they move east to west. Is this true?
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Prevailing winds help transfer heat from the equator to the poles but the winds do not flow directly from the equator to the poles. Air flows in one direction at sea level but must return at a higher elevation (otherwise all the air would accumulate at the poles).
 
Prevailing winds help transfer heat from the equator to the poles but the winds do not flow directly from the equator to the poles. Air flows in one direction at sea level but must return at a higher elevation (otherwise all the air would accumulate at the poles).
 
Prevailing winds help transfer heat from the equator to the poles but the winds do not flow directly from the equator to the poles. Air flows in one direction at sea level but must return at a higher elevation (otherwise all the air would accumulate at the poles).
 
Prevailing winds help transfer heat from the equator to the poles but the winds do not flow directly from the equator to the poles. Air flows in one direction at sea level but must return at a higher elevation (otherwise all the air would accumulate at the poles).
 
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