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De noche la masa continental pierde el calor recibido durante el día más rápido que la masa oceánica, provocando una baja presión relativa sobre el nivel del mar y una alta presión relativa sobre la tierra. El viento que se origina a causa de este fenómeno se llama:At night the land loses the day's heat faster than the sea, causing relatively low pressure over the sea and relatively high pressure over the land. The wind this produces is called:
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Correct answer: d) Land breeze (terral)
Why it is correct
At night the land cools first, and air moves from high pressure over land to low pressure over the sea. This land breeze is called terral.
Why the others are not
- a) Virazón is the day breeze, from sea to land.
- b) True wind is the wind without the effect of the boat's motion.
- c) A depression is a large-scale low.
How to work it out in the exam
- Terral comes from tierra (land) and blows at night. Virazón blows from the sea by day.
Where this question comes from
- Región de Murcia · 2017 · 3ª convocatoria · PER Tipo 1 · question 35 Official paper · Official answer key
- Región de Murcia · 2020 · 2ª convocatoria · PER Tipo 1 · question 33 Official paper · Official answer key
- Junta de Andalucía · 2015 · 1ª convocatoria · PER Modelo A · question 35 Official paper · Official answer key
- Junta de Andalucía · 2021 · 1ª convocatoria · PER Modelo A · question 35 Official paper · Official answer key
- Junta de Andalucía · 2021 · 1ª convocatoria · PER Modelo B · question 34 Official paper · Official answer key
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