Winds and Breezes

Which of the following best describes a daytime at the beach breeze?

• Land Breeze

• Sea Breeze

• Prevailing Westerly

• Hurricane force gale

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Which of the following best describes a night time at the beach breeze?

• Land Breeze

• Sea Breeze

• Tornado

• Gusty wind

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The top picture shows a sea breeze. What will happen to the breeze over night?

• The wind will blow in the opposite direction.

• The wind will blow in the same direction.

• The wind will blow east to west.

• The wind will blow west to east

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"Uneven heating and cooling" best describes a...

• tool for measuring temperature

• cumulonimbus cloud

• measurement on an anemometer

• cause of wind

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To increase wind speeds...

• increase humidity.

• decrease the difference in air pressure.

• decrease wind speeds.

• increase the difference in air pressure.

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Sea Breezes form because...

• land heats up more quickly than water during the day.

• the wind will blow in the opposite direction.

• the land heats up more slowly during the day.

• the land and water are the same temperature during the day.

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Wind is caused by...

• different clouds

• different temperatures

• different wind directions

• different wind speeds

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Because the land heats up more quickly than the water,

• Breezes die down

• Land breezes form

• Sea breezes form

• Hurricane force winds form

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The breeze in this picture will blow in the opposite direction tonight. TONIGHT...

• a sea breeze will form because the land will be warmer than the ocean.

• a land breeze will form because the land will be cooler than the ocean.

• the humidity will drop because warm and cold air make steam.

• the wind speed will decrease because land and water temperatures remain the same.

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Which describes how wind speed is affected by weather?

• Differences in air pressure cause greater wind speeds.

• Rainy weather causes greater wind speeds.

• Warmer weather causes greater wind speeds.

• Small temperature changes cause greater wind speeds.

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