ships traveling from England, across the Atlantic ocean, to America often took days longer than ships traveling the same distance going from America to Great Britain. Why?

Which of these has the least impact on the climate of a place

Compared with the land in the highlands, the lowlands region of england a) rockier and more difficult for farmingb) the center of business and industryc)richer in coal reservesd)covered by more fertile farmland d) covered by more fertile farmland

What factors britain to become an industrial and commercial power?