somebody help me with Earth science, please?

Question

explain to me this two statements.
1. Water bodies moderate temperature.
2. Earth is closer to the sun in file winter.
explain it specificly.thank u...

Answer 1

Bodies of water moderate temperature, because they cool the air. This is because water heats and cools much slower than the land surface.


Earth is closest to the sun at perihelion. Summer and winter are because of the Earth's axial tilt. During winter the Earth is pointed away from the Sun and during summer it is pointed towards the sun.

Hope I helped.

Answer 2

Water has a high specific heat, so it absorbs a lot of calories without increasing very much in temperature. In the summer, it absorbs heat. In the winter, when it forms ice, it releases heat to warm the environment. Contrary to intuition, temperature are coldest when ice melts, not when it forms, because ice absorbs heat to melt.

2. The orbit of the Earth is elliptical. The sun is at a focus. At certain times, the Earth is closer or farther away from the Sun. These terms are called aphelion and perihelion, respectively.

Note that the distance from the Sun does not cause the seasons. The tilt of the Earth's axis does.

Answer 3

Water holds heat longer than land which means water stays warmer than the land as cold weather approaches. The heat from the water warms adjacent land.
Further, it takes water longer to warm up than it does land. So in the early summer, the cooler water, cools adjacent land.

The Earth's orbit around the Sun is elliptical, and the Sun is not in the center of the ellipse. The point in the Earth's orbit when it is closest to the Sun, perihelion, is in early January. That is winter for the northern hemisphere.

In response to an answer below: Apogee is that point in the moon's orbit when it is the greatest distance from the Earth. Perigee is the point when the moon is closest to the Earth.

Answer 4

1) Water is slower to absorb heat energy and slower to radiate it back to the atmosphere. This helps to keep the temperatures moderate at night time. It is a source of heat energy at night time.

2) The earth is slightly closer to the sun when it is winter in the northern hemisphere. The angle at which the sun's rays strike the northern hemisphere causes the colder temperatures of winter - it is not linked to the distance from the sun.

Answer 5

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