Consider the following statements.
1. In coastal regions, the land breeze blows towards the sea during the day.
2. In coastal regions, during the day, the air over the sea is warmer than the air over the land.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Neither 1 nor 2
Land heats up and cools down faster than water. Air moves from the cooler, higher-pressure side to the warmer, lower-pressure side, so the wind direction at the coast reverses between day and night.
1. In coastal regions, the land breeze blows towards the sea during the day. — Incorrect. By day the land is warmer, so the wind blows from the sea to the land as a sea breeze. The land breeze blows from land to sea at night, when the land is cooler.
2. In coastal regions, during the day, the air over the sea is warmer than the air over the land. — Incorrect. During the day the land heats faster, so the air over the land is warmer and the air over the sea is cooler.