The Science Behind Sea and Land Breezes

The Science Behind Sea and Land Breezes

Assessment

Interactive Video

Science, Physics, Geography

6th - 8th Grade

Hard

Created by

Patricia Brown

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The video tutorial explains the causes of wind, focusing on sea and land breezes. It covers key concepts such as heat transfer, differential heating, density, convection, and air pressure. The tutorial illustrates how the sun's uneven heating of the Earth's surface leads to temperature differences between land and sea, creating convection cells. These cells result in wind movement from high to low-pressure areas, forming sea breezes during the day and land breezes at night.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the primary focus of the lesson on wind?

Mountain breezes

Sea and land breezes

Tornado formation

Hurricane patterns

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which material heats up faster during the day?

Sand

Air

Metal

Water

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens to warm air particles compared to cool air particles?

They become less dense and rise

They become more dense and sink

They become more dense and rise

They remain at the same density

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a convection cell?

A weather pattern

A stationary air mass

A cycle of moving air

A type of cloud formation

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What causes wind to move from the sea to the land?

High pressure over the sea

Low pressure over the sea

High pressure over the land

Equal pressure over land and sea

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How is a sea breeze named?

By where it originated

By the time of day it occurs

By the temperature of the air

By the direction it is moving

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What change is necessary for a land breeze to occur?

The air pressure must be equal over land and sea

The land must be warmer than the sea

The sea must be warmer than the land

The land must be at the same temperature as the sea

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