Understanding Breezes in North Carolina

What is a land breeze?

• A wind that blows from the sea to the land at night.

• A wind that blows from the land to the sea at night.

• A wind that blows from the sea to the land during the day.

• A wind that blows from the land to the sea during the day.

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What is a sea breeze?

• A wind that blows from the land to the sea at night.

• A wind that blows from the sea to the land at night.

• A wind that blows from the sea to the land during the day.

• A wind that blows from the land to the sea during the day.

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What causes a land breeze?

• The land cooling down faster than the sea at night.

• The sea cooling down faster than the land at night.

• The land heating up faster than the sea during the day.

• The sea heating up faster than the land during the day.

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What causes a sea breeze?

• The land cooling down faster than the sea at night.

• The sea cooling down faster than the land at night.

• The land heating up faster than the sea during the day.

• The sea heating up faster than the land during the day.

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How do land breezes affect local weather?

• They make the nights warmer on the coast.

• They make the nights cooler on the coast.

• They make the days warmer on the coast.

• They make the days cooler on the coast.

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How do sea breezes affect local weather?

• They make the nights warmer on the coast.

• They make the nights cooler on the coast.

• They make the days warmer on the coast.

• They make the days cooler on the coast.

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What is the temperature difference between land and sea during a land breeze?

• The land is warmer than the sea.

• The sea is warmer than the land.

• The land and sea have the same temperature.

• The temperature difference is not significant.

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What is the temperature difference between land and sea during a sea breeze?

• The land is warmer than the sea.

• The sea is warmer than the land.

• The land and sea have the same temperature.

• The temperature difference is not significant.

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Land and sea breezes are created because during the day, when the sun is up, the ​ (a)   heats up ​ (b)   than the ocean. At night, when the sun is down, the land cools off more ​ (c)   than the ocean. This difference in ​ (d)   creates the breezes.

• land
• faster
• quickly
• temperature
• slower
• slowly

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Is this a land or a sea breeze?

• land breeze
• sea breeze

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