You are enjoying time at the beach on a warm summer day. It is late afternoon, and a breeze has started to develop. For most of

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You are enjoying time at the beach on a warm summer day. It is late afternoon, and a breeze has started to develop. For most of

the day, the winds were calm; the breeze only started within the past hour or so. Based on these details, what can you say about this breeze?
A. The breeze is most likely a cool breeze coming from the water.
B. Warm land has now sufficiently heated the overlying air, so that cooler air over the ocean is now moving on shore as a sea breeze.
C. Land was warmed by the Sun all day. Now that it's afternoon, the air over the ocean will begin to cool, drawing air from land.
D. The breeze is most likely a warm breeze coming from the nearby area of land.

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marissa [1.9K] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-18T20:34:30+03:00

marissa [1.9K]3 years ago

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A. The breeze is most likely a cool breeze coming from the water.
B. Warm land has now sufficiently heated the overlying air, so that cooler air over the ocean is now moving onshore as a sea breeze.