Read the paragraph below and answer the following question: What effect do winds from the ocean have on land near the ocean?The paragraph: The...

This is a great example of a reading
comprehension question. Your job is to find the information the question
asks for within the reading sample.

One way to do this
quickly is to scan, or read quickly, for "key
words". In this question, try scanning for the phrase "land near the
ocean".  You'll see that it appears once, in the second sentence. You could also try
scanning for "winds from the ocean", which would likewise lead you to the second
sentence.  The second sentence is "Land near the ocean is warmed in winter and cooled in
summer by winds from the ocean".  

Your teacher probably
wants you to rephrase the answer, rather than just directly copy. You can do this by
adding related information from elsewhere in the paragraph. In this case, I see in the
last two sentences that oceans heat and cool slowly, while land surfaces react quickly.
 That information explains why ocean temperature moderates land
temperature.

The beginning of an answer might
be: Because oceans heat and cool slowly while land surfaces react to
temperature changes quickly, ....