The seasonal winds in the Indian Ocean caused by the differences in temperature between the rapidly heating and cooling landmasses of Africa and Asia and the slowly changing ocean waters are called:
a. tsunamis.
b. waterspouts.
c. monsoons.
d. typhoons.
e. hurricanes.
ANSWER:
c
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