Movement of air off shore as marine air heats and rises.

• A. Sea Breeze
• B. Land Breeze
• C. Monsoon
• D. Storm

Answer: (B)

The pattern is driven by differential heating between land and sea, creating local pressure differences along the coast. When the sea surface is heated, the air over the sea rises and reduces surface pressure there. Cool, higher-pressure air above the land moves toward the sea to replace it, so the movement is from land toward the sea—offshore. This offshore flow is known as a land breeze, which typically occurs at night when the land has cooled faster than the sea. In daylight, the opposite situation happens: the land heats up more, air rises over land, and air from the sea moves toward land to replace it, producing a sea breeze that is onshore. The other options describe different weather phenomena (seasonal winds in the tropics or large storm systems) and don’t match this coastal offshore wind pattern.