On a hot afternoon, which is usually true?

• The ocean water is hotter than the sand
• The sand is hotter than the ocean water
• The sand and the ocean are always the same temperature

Which usually heats up faster under similar sunlight: land or the ocean?

• Land
• The ocean
• They heat up the same

In a daytime sea breeze, surface air pressure becomes higher over the hot land than over the cooler sea.

Since air moves from high pressure to low pressure, which way does the sea breeze blow on a hot afternoon?

• From the ocean toward the land
• From the land toward the ocean
• It does not move in any direction

A daytime sea breeze is forming beside hot sand and cooler ocean water. Where is air pressure higher near the surface?

• Over the hot sand
• Pressure is the same in both places
• Over the cool ocean

These example surface temperatures are in °C. Land and ocean received the same sunshine. Why is the land hotter?

• The ocean got less sunlight that day
• Land heats up faster than water in sunlight
• The land is closer to the Sun

Zoe says weather and ocean currents have nothing to do with the Sun. What does her idea miss?

• Uneven solar heating helps drive them
• Weather only depends on the Water Cycle, not the Sun
• She is right, weather really is random

Why is the equator hotter than the North and South Poles?

• The equator is closer to the Sun than the poles
• The equator has warmer oceans, and warm oceans make the air hotter
• More direct sunlight warms the equator