Question

Land and sea breezes are formed in coastal regions because:

• A. water has very high specific heat capacity than the land
• B. land has very high specific heat capacity than the water
• C. sea water cools the cooler regions
• D. all the above

Answer 1

The correct option is A

water has very high specific heat capacity than the land

Explanation for the correct option

A.water has very high specific heat capacity than the land

• Water has the highest specific heat capacity $4.2J/g°c$ which means that it will take $4.2$ joules of heat energy to change the temperature of unit mass of water by unit degree.
• The specific heat capacity of water is very high which will form land and sea breezes.

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Explanation for the incorrect option

B. land has a very high specific heat capacity than the water

The specific heat capacity of water is the highest.

C. seawater cools the cooler region

The formation of land and sea breezes depends on the specific heat capacity of land and water.

D. all the above

Options (B) and (C) are incorrect. So, all the options cannot be correct.

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Therefore, the land and sea breezes are formed in coastal regions because water has a very high specific heat capacity than the land. Hence, the correct answer is an option (a).