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A sea breeze and its nighttime counterpart, a land breeze, occur where the land meets the water. They exist because land and water absorb heat at different rates. Land heats up and cools down more quickly than water. During the day, solar radiation warms the air over land by conduction. The heated air becomes less dense and creates an imbalance of both temperature and pressure between the air over the land and the air over the water. You might suspect that something will happen to relieve this imbalance, and you're right. Recall that air moves from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure, and that cooler air tends to displace warmer air. The cool, dense air over the water moves inland, forcing up the warm, less-dense air over land. A convection current results. This is a sea breeze.

Land Breeze

At night, the convection current reverses. Air over land cools down more quickly than air over water. The cooler, denser air moves toward the sea, forcing the air over the water to rise. This is a land breeze.

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Cool dense air near the sea moves inland toward warm dense areas during the day and sets up?

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Cool dense air near the sea moves inland toward warm less dense areas during the day and sets up?

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Cool dense air near the sea moves inland toward warm less dense areas during the day and sets up what?

This process sets up a sea breeze, with the cooler air from the sea moving inland towards warmer, less dense areas. This can result in a temperature difference between coastal and inland areas.


Do winds blow toward less dense or denser areas?

Winds generally blow from areas of high pressure (denser air) to areas of low pressure (less dense air). This movement of air is due to the difference in air pressure between the two areas.


When cool dense air from the water flows inland its called a?

A sea breezeWhen a cool dense air from over the water flows inland it is called a sea breeze.


Cool dense air moves during the night from the land toward the water as what?

Cool dense air moves during the night from the land toward the water as land breezes. This occurs as the land cools more rapidly than water, creating a pressure difference that causes the air to flow from land to sea. Land breezes typically occur in coastal areas and can bring cooler temperatures to the coastline.


When cool dense air from over the water flows inland it's called a .?

A sea breezeWhen a cool dense air from over the water flows inland it is called a sea breeze.


What kind of current froms when more dense seawater move toward less dense seawater?

A density current forms when more dense seawater moves toward less dense seawater.


What kind of currents forms when more dense seawater moves toward less dense seawater?

A density current forms when more dense seawater moves toward less dense seawater.


When cool dense air from over the water flows inland it's called a?

When cool, dense air from over the water flows inland, it is called a sea breeze. Sea breezes occur during the day when the land heats up faster than the water, causing the air over the water to be cooler and denser, creating a wind flow towards the land.


What happen air as it is cooled?

It loses moisture if cooled below its dew point. It becomes more dense, and that causes it to move toward areas where the air is less dense.