AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Both the breeze affects the atmosphere, humidity, and precipitation of the area. Note: Land has lower heat capacity and requires less heat to increase its temperature and water has higher heat capacity and requires more heat to increase its temperature. Hence land heats up and cools down faster than water.

Detailed explanation-2: -It takes less energy to change the temperature of land compared to water. This means that land heats and cools more quickly than water and this difference affects the climate of different areas on Earth.

Detailed explanation-3: -Water reflects most solar radiation that reaches its surface back to the atmosphere. Since land absorbs more solar radiation the land surface retains more heat as do the vegetation for energy. Thus, land surfaces warm more quickly than water.

Detailed explanation-4: -So, between the land and water, the land cools at a faster rate because its value of specific heat capacity is less than that of water.

Detailed explanation-5: -As a result during the night, warm air above the sea is replaced by cool air from the land. This phenomenon is called land breeze.