At night in coastal regions, land breezes often develop. which of these best explains why they develop?

a. land heats up more quickly than the ocean.

b. the land cools down more slowly than the ocean.

c. the land heats up more slowly than the ocean.

d. the land cools down more quickly than the ocean.

The pacific plate is an oceanic tectonic plate. how did a hot spot and the pacific plate interact to form the hawaiian islands?

What is the general rule about surface currents? cold water flows along the ocean floor towards the equator. the east coasts of continents have cold surface currents, and the west coasts of continents have warm surface currents. seasonal and constant offshore winds create significant upwelling along the west coasts of south and north america and africa. the west coasts of continents have cold surface currents, and the east coasts of continents have warm surface currents.

If the distance between two points on the ground is 10 miles and the distance between the same two points on a map is 4 inches, what is the map scale expressed as a ratio?