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Temp. and its effects: Land, water and temperature

A land breeze...

Question

A land breeze blows when the air above land is _ and the air above sea is __.

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Solution

A land breeze blows from land to the sea. It happens when the air above the land is colder and the air above the sea is warmer.

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