climate near big bodies of water usually is more moderate than the ones that r far from bodies of water why?

Question

the climate near big bodies of water usually is more moderate(warmer) than the ones that are far from bodies of water, why does this happend? what does the water has to do here?

Answer 1

Because it takes a lot more energy to change the temperature of water than it does to change the air temp, since water is considerably denser. The large body of water thus acts as a "heat-sink" holding on to heat during the day and releasing it into the air at night to keep the temperatures more moderate.

By the way, "moderate" doesn't just mean warmer in the winter, it can also mean cooler in the summer -- just less extreme all year 'round. The same way the water holds on to heat during the winter, it stays cooler in the summer and moderates summer temps by being a constant cool source and through evaporation.

Answer 2

Big Bodies Of Water

Answer 3

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Water has a higher specific heat, that is its capacity to hold heat is much larger. So, water is a good heat sink and radiates heat when the land is cold and similarly helps in cooling when the land gets heated. You will find this in coastal areas and near large water bodies like big lakes. Pl. see land breeze and sea breeze in google or similar search engines for a good explanation.

Answer 4

The water takes longer to heat up and longer to cool down than the land. So, depending upon prevailing winds, the water will have a moderating effect on temperatures.

Also, the water will cause the local humidity to rise. Humid air takes loner to heat and longer to cool than dry air and this will also result in a moderating effect on local temperatures.

Answer 5

temperature near the coast is less extreme (warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer) because the sea doesn't change temperature as much as the land over the year. Any wind from the sea will have a moderating effect on the costal lands.

Answer 6

The water acts as a giagantic heat sink, so making things change more slowly. Also currents (such as the Gulf stream) move vast amounts of energy, normally from warmer areas to colder ones.

Answer 7

The term I don't recall seeing here is Specific Heat. Your teacher may want you to use it. Water has a higher specific heat than most of the objects on land. This is what allows it to act as the heat sink that others have described.

Answer 8

water changes temperature very slowly. . holds its temperature very well.

This is why, if you live in Wisconsin or Illinois, if you live close to Lake Michigan, then it doesn't get as cold in the winter (as it does further away from the lake), and it doesn't get as hot in the summer.

This is because it takes a VERY very cold temperature (of the air) to make the lake cold, because it's water and it's a big body of water), so it takes a LOT to make it as cold as the air gets. It takes so much that it never gets as cold as the air does (in winter, just because it's a lot of work to chill it that much. .

and in the summer it takes a LOT of heat to heat the lake, cause it's water (and water doesn't like to change its temp very easily. .it RESISTS temperature change, so it takes a lot of heat (the air must be quite hot and for a long period of time) for it to heat up the lake that much. .

the water affects the air's temperature much more than the air affects the water's temp. .

get it?

the water is a HUGE immovable object REFUSING to change temperature without a LOT of effort by the cold or warm air (to cool it down or heat it up. .

it doesn't WANT to change. . it's like dragging somebody's limp body around. . it doesn't co-operate with you, but fights you all the way.

Answer 9

Water has a greater heat capacity than air

Answer 10

Sound arguments.