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You Are Standing on a Shoreline with the Ocean to Your

Question 7

Question 7

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You are standing on a shoreline with the ocean to your west. The wind is traveling from west to east. The wind would be called


A) offshore.
B) onshore.
C) leeward.
D) easterly.
E) windward.

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