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El virazón o brisa marina se produce en:The sea breeze (virazón) takes place during:
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Correct answer: d) Daytime hours, as the land warms faster than the sea, creating a relative low over the land that draws the breeze in from the sea.
Why it is correct
During the day the sun heats the land much faster than the sea; warm air over the land rises, creating a relative low that draws cooler sea air ashore as the sea breeze (virazón).
Why the others are not
a) By day the land warms up and forms a relative low, not a high.
b) It occurs during the daytime, not at night.
c) At night the land cools and the land breeze (terral) blows out to sea.
How to work it out in the exam
Sea breeze: by day, land warms faster → thermal low ashore → breeze from sea to land.
Where this question comes from
Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2020 · Convocatoria de diciembre · PER Test 5 · question 35
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