how does land cool off faster if it heats up faster too?
2006-09-20 08:16:48 · 22 answers · asked by Helio R 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Land cools quicker and heats up quicker. In general liquids take much longer than solids to change temperature. Think of this, when you are washing up, the bowl of water takes ages to cool back down to room temp, but the solid plates heat up to water temp very quickly, then cool back down as soon as they are out of water.
2006-09-20 08:21:07 · answer #1 · answered by Gypsophila 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Land cools off far faster than water. Water absorbs and keeps heat much longer.
2006-09-20 08:19:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The land heats and cools more rapidly than does the sea. Water retains heat longer than land, and also takes longer to heat and cool
2006-09-20 08:19:54 · answer #3 · answered by ????? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
land cools faster as it has a lower specific heat capacity
incidentally the specific heat capacity of water is the highest
2006-09-20 08:21:28 · answer #4 · answered by raj 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Land cools faster than water and heats up faster than water. That is why you have the concept of offshore breeses in the morning (water is warmer, air rises over water, air rushes off the land to replace it), and on shore breeses at night (opposite effect water is cooler than the land air over land rises air over water rushes inland to replace it). Living on an island in Lake Ontario (2nd deepest of great lakes) I can attest to this personally.
2006-09-20 08:34:45 · answer #5 · answered by kellring 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Water has a higher "specific heat", so it retains heat better than soil. Water takes longer to cool off and longer to heat up. Metal has even a higher specific heat.
2006-09-20 08:19:31 · answer #6 · answered by andalucia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
water. basically if ur talking about the ocean water. it only cools off faster because at the bottom of the ocean its still cool. and its going to spread regardless. just like a swimming pool. you get in the water and its cold. but then as you go forward and get used to it being cold its a lot warmer.
2006-09-20 08:21:34 · answer #7 · answered by Heartland Lover 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
water has more mass...that is why it takes a lot longer for water to heat up and cool down...land can heat and cool quickly
2006-09-20 08:19:41 · answer #8 · answered by aly86 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
water because of the convection process of heat transfer for a solid like land only conduction occurs
2006-09-20 08:19:16 · answer #9 · answered by cehilo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Land. Water is slow to heat adn slow to cool
2006-09-20 08:18:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋