With your table group work on the following six questions. 1. A land breeze is when cool air blows from the ________________. 2. A sea breeze is when cool air blows from the _________________.
3. Land Breeze
1. Land breezes happen at
__________.
2. The _____________ is warmer than
the ______________.
3. A land breeze is when cool air moves
from the ____________ to the
________________
4. Sea Breeze
1. Sea breezes happen during the
________.
2. The ________________ is warmer
than the _____________.
3. A sea breeze is when cool air moves
from the ___________ to the
______________.
5. Directions: Circle the appropriate word for each sentence.
● Warm air ( rises / sinks ).
● Cool air ( rises / sinks ).
● At night, the ( land / water ) is warmer.
● During the day the ( land / water ) is warmer.
6. These next sentences continue on from one another and describe a land breeze.
● A land breeze is a breeze that happens at ( night / day ) when a cool wind from the
land / water ) moves towards the ( land / water ).
● At night, the ( land / water ) is cooled faster than the ( land / water ).
● The cool air from the ( land / water ) moves towards the ( land / water ), where it is
warmed and ( rises / falls ).
● The warm air moves over the ( land / water ) where it ( warms / cools ).
● This air then (falls / rises), and the cycle starts again.
Homework: Land Breezes
Let’s draw a ​
land breeze​
.
Label the different parts of the breeze with the letters from the word bank on the right.
Land Breeze:
Word Bank
A. The cool air is
warmed and rises.
B. Cool air sinks.
C. Cool air moves
towards warm air.
D. The warm air is
cooled and forms
clouds.
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