1. Which of the following statements is false? a. Land and sea breezes occur on

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1. Which of the following statements is false? a. Land and sea breezes occur on a daily cycle b. Monsoons occur on a seasonal cycle c. The jet stream is considered to be a mesoscale circulation. 2. Which of the following mesoscale phenomenon bring very strong and turbulent winds to Boulder, CO? a. Haboob winds b. Santa Ana winds c. Chinook winds 3. Using the single cell model, which of the following is false? a. The equator has a surface low pressure and rising motion b. The poles have a surface high pressure and sinking motion c. The surface winds will travel from the equator towards the poles 4. Using the three cell model, where are the southwesterly surface winds located? a. Between the equator and 30 deg N b. Between the equator and 30 deg S c. Between 30 deg N and 60 degN d. Between 30 deg S and 60 deg S

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a) land and sea breezes occur on a daily cycle

Sea breezes occur during hot, summer days because of the unequal heating rates of land and water. 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. Now, recall that warmer air is lighter than cooler air. As a result, warm air rises. Therefore, the warmer air over the land surface is rising. As the warm air over the land is rising, the cooler air over the ocean is flowing over the land surface to replace the rising warm air. This is the sea breeze

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