Question

At night, a land breeze forms because

A) water releases less solar energy during the day; warm ocean air moves into land.
B) land cools more quickly than water; cool land air moves to replace rising warm air over the water
C) land absorbs less solar energy during the day; cool land air moves to replace rising warm air over the water
D) water absorbs more solar energy during the day; cool land air moves to replace rising warm air over the water

Answer 1

B) land cools more quickly than water; cool land air moves to replace rising warm air over the water

Step-by-step explanation:

During the day, the land surface heats up faster than the water surface. Therefore, the air above the land is warmer than the air above the ocean. ... The bottom of the following image illustrates the land breeze that occurs at night. Recall that the land surface cools quicker than the water surface at night.