Question 840Navigation General

The correct answer is A) Land breeze. A land breeze occurs when a land mass cools more quickly at night than an adjacent water area. This creates a pressure difference, causing the cooler, denser air over the land to flow towards the relatively warmer air over the water, resulting in a land breeze. This is the opposite of a sea breeze, which occurs during the day when the land heats up faster than the water. The other options are incorrect because: B) Coastal breeze is a general term that can refer to both land and sea breezes, C) Sea breeze is the opposite of a land breeze, and D) Mistral is a strong, cold, northerly wind that occurs in the Mediterranean region, not a result of land and water temperature differences.