2007-03-04 07:02:29 · 5 answers · asked by coolness 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Sand heats up faster than water because it has a lower specific heat. Water has a specific heat that requires a calorie of energy to raise the temperature of a single gram of water by one degree celsius. Sand, however, as a specific heat that is much less than that. Therefore, less heat is require to raise the temperature of sand and it heats up faster.
2007-03-04 07:08:40 · answer #1 · answered by ukrazy1231 1 · 4⤊ 0⤋
There are two levels to this answer. I think it only requires a superficial one, which is:
Primarily.....water is....well...a liquid, sand is not. Sand remains in one place while it is being heated. Water does not.
It's kind of obvious that something sitting motionaless in direct radiation will tend to show the effects sooner than something that does not.
Water as you (should) know is a liquid. There are currents and small movements in it that a solid does not have. This effect is enahnced as it heats or cools. Hence the response.
2007-03-04 07:37:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The specific heat is lower than that of water.
2007-03-04 07:05:46 · answer #3 · answered by Matthew P 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sand does not conduct heat as well as water.So the surface can get very hot quickly but it does not that it penetrated very deep.
2007-03-04 07:13:58 · answer #4 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
BECAUSE SAND IS MORE DENSER THAN WATER.
2007-03-04 07:21:50 · answer #5 · answered by cobra sly 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋