What causes an ocean breeze to blow?
A) The presence of mountain ranges along the shoreline.
B) The fact that water heats rapidly.
C) The differential heating of land and water.
D) The fact that lands heats much more slowly than water.
E) The heating of the air around the equator.

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Land heats much more rapidly than water so during the day cooler breezes blow from over the water to over the land. At night the land gives up heat more quickly than the water so the wind shifts to blow from the land to the ocean.Bloom's

What Causes an Ocean Breeze to Blow