The picture in Figure 8.4 shows the tree line along the sea coast on an island near the equator. As shown, the tree tops are permanently bent in one direction. Are the trees bent towards the sea or away from it? Explain.
The tree line is bent towards the land because at the daytime the trees near the sea coast experience sea breeze which means that in daytime the land gets hotter than sea and the air above the land traps the heat and expands and rises up and then due to the pressure difference the high pressure cool air above the sea reaches the land in order to maintain the balance , so the air from sea or sea breeze makes the trees bend towards land and shows the direction of the sea breeze but in the night time the direction of wind changes to opposite side.
Hence the picture is in the daytime.