Sea Breeze and Land Breeze

Sea breezes take place during the day because warmer land temperature results in a warmer air mass above the land compared to the cooler air mass over the surface of water.

• true

• false

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Which choice correctly describes either a land or sea breeze?
*Hint-eliminate one picture at a time that can't make sense.

• Letter A

• Letter B

• Letter C

• Letter D

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Is this a land or a sea breeze?

• land breeze

• sea breeze

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Land and water absorb and release the sun’s heat in different ways. One result of this is a sea breeze. Which statement is true of sea breezes?

• They originate in the day and blow toward the land.

• They originate in the day and blow toward the water.

• They originate in the evening and blow toward the land.

• They originate in the evening and blow toward the water.

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What is always true when there is a land breeze?

• The ocean will be warmer than the land.

• The land will be warmer than the ocean.

• The land and ocean will be the same temperature.

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What is always true when there is a sea breeze?

• The ocean will be warmer than the land.

• The land will be warmer than the ocean.

• The land and ocean will be the same temperature.

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Do sea breezes typically happen during the day or night?

• Day

• Night

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During a land breeze which way does the wind blow?

• from the sea to the land

• from the land to the sea

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During a sea breeze which way does the wind blow?

• from the land to the sea

• from the sea to the land

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The strength of a sea breeze depends on

• the heat of the day

• the difference between the temperature of the sea and the land

• the wind speed

• the amount of precipitation that day

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