Sea and land breeze quiz

1.      What causes a sea breeze?

• Cool air from the land moves towards the sea

• Warm air from the sea moves towards the land

• Cool air from the sea moves towards the land

• Warm air from the land moves towards the sea

2.      What is the primary factor that causes land and sea breezes?

• Changes in the Earth’s magnetic field

• Differences in the temperatures of land and water

• Changes in atmospheric pressure only

• The Earth's rotation

3.      Which of the following happens at night with respect to sea and land breezes?

• The sea breeze strengthens and continues through the night

• The land breeze occurs because the land cools faster than the sea

• The sea breeze weakens and the air becomes still

• The sea breeze changes direction and blows from the land towards the sea

4.      During the day, what causes the formation of a sea breeze?

• The land heats up more quickly than the sea, creating a pressure difference

• The sea heats up more quickly than the land, creating a pressure difference

• Winds from the ocean push air onto the land

• The temperature of the atmosphere rises significantly

5.      Sea breezes occur when cool air from the sea moves toward the warmer land.

• True

• False

6.      Land breezes happen when the land is warmer than the sea, causing air to move from the land to the sea at night.

• True

• False

7.      During the day, the land heats up faster than the sea, creating a __________ pressure area over the land and causing cool air to move inland from the sea.

• Low

• High

• Average

8.      At night, the land cools more rapidly than the sea, creating a __________ pressure area over the land, causing air to move from the land to the sea.

• Low

• High

• Average

9.      A weather station in a coastal region records a strong wind blowing from the ocean to the land during the day. This wind is consistently strongest in the late afternoon.

 

What type of breeze is being observed in this scenario, and why is it strongest in the afternoon?

• Sea breeze; because the land has heated up more than the sea by the afternoon, creating a stronger pressure difference.

• Land breeze; because the ocean is cooler than the land, causing air to move from the sea to the land.

• Sea breeze; because the sea heats up more quickly than the land, creating a stronger pressure difference.

• Land breeze; because the air pressure over the sea becomes higher than over the land in the afternoon.

10.      A coastal city experiences a land breeze during the night and a sea breeze during the day. The temperature difference between the land and sea is especially significant during the summer months.

 

How do the temperature differences between the land and sea lead to the formation of sea and land breezes?

• The sea heats up and cools down more quickly than the land, causing pressure differences that generate winds.

• The land heats up and cools down more quickly than the sea, causing pressure differences that generate winds.

• The air pressure remains constant over both the sea and land, but the wind changes direction due to the Earth's rotation.

• The wind direction is always from the land to the sea due to the temperature difference between land and sea.