Science 7

Science – Grade 7
Quarter 4 – Module 10: Sea Breeze and Land Breeze
First Edition, 2020

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 Science 7
Quarter 4
Self-Learning Module 10
Land and Sea Breeze
Introductory Message

For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the Science 7 Self-Learning Module on Sea and Land Breeze!

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed, and

reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its
Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A.
Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig through its mayor,
Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K
to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in
developing this instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help learners
acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely: Communication,
Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their own learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
 For the Learner:

Welcome to the Science 7 Self-Learning Module on Sea and Land Breeze!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being an active
learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and skills

that you will learn after completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson

at hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts

and skills that you already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and

application of the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the

lesson.

Posttest - This measure how much you have learned from the
entire module.
 EXPECTATIONS

This module is designed and written to explain what happens when volcanoes
erupt. It has prepared to provide activities for reinforcement, strengthening, and
enriching knowledge and skills. The skills in this module cover all the most essential
learning competencies in the list issued by the Department of Education.
After going through this module, you are expected to:
1. define sea and land breeze;
2. describe the effect of the difference in temperature and pressure on the
movement of air; and
3. recognize the importance of the local winds in real-life situations.

PRETEST
Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet
of paper.
1. Warm air has a low density so it rises. What will happen to the surrounding
air as warm air rises?
A. The surrounding air moves away from the rising warm air.
B. It moves toward the place where warm air rises.
C. It moves to a higher altitude.
D. It moves in all directions.
2. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Land warms up faster than water because it is solid and conducts
heat faster.
B. The water warms up faster than land because it is liquid and
conducts heat faster.
C. Land cools down faster because it absorbs more heat than water.
D. Water cools down faster because it absorbs more heat than land.
3. How does land breeze occur?
A. It occurs when warm air over the land rises and the wind from the
sea blows toward the land.
B. It happens when the cool wind from the land rushes to the sea to
replace the rising warm air over the sea.
C. Warmer air from the sea moves toward the land to replace the rising
cold air over the land.
D. Cold air from the sea sinks and moves toward the land.
4. Which of the following corresponds to the movement of the air from the sea
to the land during the daytime?
A. Wind C. Sea breeze
B. Habagat D. Land breeze
5. Which warms up faster, land or water?
I. Land warms up faster than water.
II. The water warms up faster than land.
III. Both land and water warm-up at the same time.
 IV. The rate of warming varies, depending on the weather
conditions.

A. I only B. II only C. III only D. IV only

RECAP

In your previous lesson, you have learned about convection in the air. Can
you still remember your lesson about it? Let us have some practice exercises to
refresh your mind. Answer the following questions.

1. What happens when air is heated?

2. What happens to the air in the surroundings as
warm air rises?

LESSON

The Sun heats the surface of the

Earth. The earth’s surface is made up of
different things, some places heat up faster
than others. Look at the picture below. Have
you been to a place like that? What has to
feel when you are under the sun? How about
during the sunset, have you experienced
going to the seaside during night time? What
have you noticed?

The air above the warmer places will

also warm up and will rise as a result. The
air in the surroundings will then move
toward the place where warm air is rising.
We call this moving air, wind. The wind may
have special names, depending on certain
conditions.
 If you take a walk along a beach
during a hot early afternoon, the moment
you put barefoot on the sand, you will start
jumping and hoping immediately and try to
reach the water to cool your scorching feet.
Though the sun heats both land and water,
they do not heat up or cool down at a
similar pace. The breeze is generated at the
coastal areas due to the differential heating
and cooling of the sea and the land.

What is a Breeze?

The light and the cool wind we experience during summertime is called a
breeze. It is one of the pleasant things we should experience during summer on the
beach. There are two types of breezes: sea breeze and land breeze. Land breeze and
sea breeze takes place near large bodies of water. The key difference between the two
is caused by the property of water to retain and warm up longer. The differences in
the temperature of land and water cause respective changes to the densities of the
air above them. The resulting low pressures then cause alternating air movements
which are manifested as breezes. Individuals situated near coastlines (within 50
kilometers from the oceanfront) experience cool sea breezes during the day and warm
land breezes at night. Furthermore, these winds are instrumental in humidity and
temperature levels, and precipitation rates.

The main difference between both types of breeze is that water retains the heat
for a long period. The temperature difference between land and water causes a
respective change in the densities of the air above their surfaces. The alternating air
movement is caused by the resulting low pressure, which causes the breeze. People
living in the coastal areas experience a cool sea breeze during the daytime and a
warm land breeze during the night. These breezes also play a crucial in the
temperature and humidity level and precipitation rates.

Sea Breeze

The sea breeze is known as the movement of winds from a larger body
of water like the oceans and seas. It is also called the onshore winds. This
usually occurs during the summer and spring season as there is more
temperature difference between the land and the adjacent bodies of water like
the ocean and sea. This is most often observed in the afternoons when the
nearby land has been heated at its maximum level. Notably, sea breezes are
stronger during the summer months as compared to the winter season.
 This is again attributed to the huge temperature difference between
land and sea which may even prompt thunderstorms which are essential in
bringing rain. Hence, sea breezes are not that apparent during the autumn
and winter months because the temperature differentials are smaller.

Figure 1. Sea Breeze

During the daytime, the land gets quickly heated by the sun. The air above
the water gets less warm as compared to the air above the land. Due to the warmer
air above the land, it begins to rise in the air due to being less dense. Then, low
pressure is formed. As the warm land air moves up, the denser air above the water
moves to take space above the land. This cooler air is known as the sea breeze.

Land Breeze

The flow of the moving air from land to water is known as the land breeze; it
is also known as the offshore wind. When the temperature of the land is lower
compared to the adjacent water bodies, it happens during the night and early
morning. It arises at night and early morning when the land has a lower heat capacity
as compared to the adjacent water. Particularly, land breezes last longer during the
last weeks of summer as this is when the sea temperature will gradually increase to
the land’s daily temperature variations.

Figure 2. Land Breeze

 During the night, the land cools down quickly as there is no sun to provide
the heat, and heats the surrounding air. But compared to the land, water bodies can
retain the heat for a longer period, which causes the air above it to have lower density
and rise. High pressure is formed above the land; and at the same time, low pressure
is formed above the water. The movement of the denser air above the land takes place
from land to space over water. The cool breeze that comes from the shore is known
as the land breeze, as the movement of the winds takes place from high-pressure to
low-pressure areas.

Water has a higher specific heat capacity than other materials like land. The
specific heat capacity of water is 4,200 Joules per kilogram per degree Celsius
(J/kg°C). This means that it takes 4,200 J to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water
by 1°C.

The next activities will give you a first-hand idea about the effect of the
difference in temperature and pressure on the movement of air.

ACTIVITIES

Module No. 10: Activity No.1: Sea and Land Breeze

Direction: A. Write T if the statement is true. If false, change the underlined word
or phrase to make it correct.
___________________1. During the day, both land and sea are heated by the sun.

___________________2. The land heats up faster than the sea.

___________________3. The moving air or wind from the sea is called a sea breeze.

___________________4. During nighttime, the land and sea both cool down.

___________________5. The land cools down faster than the sea during nighttime.

___________________6. The moving air or wind from the land is called land breeze.

___________________7. Land breeze and sea breezes take place near large bodies of
water.
__________8. Water has a higher specific heat capacity than the land.
___________________9. Cold air moves toward the direction where warm air is rising.

___________________10. Different locations warm up or cool down differently.

 Module No 10: Activity No.2: Land Breeze or Sea Breeze

Direction. Write on the boxes the correct description of the land or sea
breeze. Choose from the word box below.

SEA BREEZE LAND BREEZE

CHOICES
Cool air sink on land (high Cool air sink along the sea
Pressure) (high pressure)
Warm air expands and rises Warm air expands and rises on
on land (low pressure) the sea (low pressure)
The wind blows from the The wind blows from the sea
land towards the sea towards the land
Night Day
The wind blows an area of The wind blows area of the low-
high pressure to low pressure area to high pressure
pressure
Off-shore wind On-shore wind
Does not significantly Most significantly lower air
influence temperature temperature
changes
 WRAP-UP

To summarize what you have learned, complete the following sentences.

Choose your answers from the word box.

All wind is caused by the ______________________ of the earth’s surface. Winds

travel from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure. The two main types of
local winds are __________ and _____________. A sea breeze occurs during ___________
when the land heats quicker than the ocean. This causes the air over the land to
heat up also, causing it to become _________________ and rise. At the same time, the
air over the water is cooler and denser. This cooler, denser air rushes in to take place
of the rising warm air over the land. This is why when you are at the beach looking
out towards the ocean, a cool breeze blows toward your face.

Conversely, a land breeze occurs during the _____________ when the air over
the ocean is warmer than the air over the land. This warm ocean air is less dense
than the cooler air over the land. Therefore, the warm air rises, and the cooler air
from over the land rushes in to take place. If you were on a boat during the night
hours, you would feel the breeze coming from the shore.

sea breeze daytime less dense

unequal heating land breeze night

VALUING

Module No 10: Activity 3: Significance of the Local Winds

During the day, the sea breeze

reduces the temperature of the
adjacent coastland since it is a cool
and offshore wind. At night, the
adjacent coastland is warm since the
breeze is offshore. How do breezes
help the fishermen? What do you
think is the importance of the local
winds to the people in the community
especially the fisher folks? Why it is
better also to go swimming at night?
Figure 3. Fishermen
 POSTTEST

Read and answer the following questions. Encircle the letter of the best answer.

1. What type of breeze forms in Diagram J?

DIAGRAM J DIAGRAM F

A. Land Breeze C. Sea Breeze

B. Mountain Breeze D. Valley Breeze

2. What type of breeze forms in Diagram F? Refer to the picture above.

A. Land Breeze C. Sea Breeze
B. Mountain Breeze D. Valley Breeze

3. Which of the following statements describes a land breeze?

A. The flow of the moving air from land to water.
B. The light and the cold wind.
C. The movement of winds from a larger body of water.
D. The land never warms up faster than the sea.

4. Which of the following statement account for the occurrence of land breeze
and sea breeze?
I. Warm air goes up.
II. Different locations warm-up or cool down differently.
III. Cold air moves toward the direction where warm air is rising.
A. I and III B. II and III C. I and II D. I, II, and III

5. Which warms up faster, land or water?

I. Land warms up faster than water
II. The water warm-up faster than land
III. Both land and water warm up at the same time.
IV. The rate of warming depends on the weather conditions.
A. I only B. II only C. III only D. IV only
Pre-assessment
1. B 2. A 3. A 4. C 5. A
Recap
1. Warm air rises.
2. The surrounding air moves toward the place where the warm air
rises.
Activity 1
1. True 6. True
2. True 7. True
3. True 8. True
4. True 9. True
5. True 10. True
Activity 2
LAND BREEZE SEA BREEZE
Night Day
Cool air sink on land (high Warm air expands and rises
Pressure) on land (low pressure)
The warm air expands and rises Cool air sink along the sea
on the sea (low pressure) (high pressure)
The wind blows area of the low- The wind blows an area of
pressure area to high pressure high-pressure to low pressure
The wind blows from the land The wind blows from the sea
towards the sea towards the land
Off-shore wind On-shore wind
Does not significantly influence Most significantly lower air
temperature changes temperature
KEY TO CORRECTION
 5. A D 4. A 3. 2. A 1. C

Post-Assessment

Answers may vary.

Activity 3

night 6.
less dense 5.
daytime 4.
land breeze 3.
sea breeze 2.
unequal heating 1.

Wrap-Up

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