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Water circulates so more of it must be heated (or cooled) to change temperature. With the land, only the top few inches change temperature at first--it takes awhile for the warmth to penetrate. So terrestrial surface measurements rise much faster in the morning and cool down faster in the evenings--the water tends to remain closer to the same temperature day and night.
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How do water and land surfaces differ in their abilities to absorb and radiated heat energy?
Land absorbs more heat energy than water does.
What does heat radiated from Earth's surface do?
absorbed by earth surfaces, land and water
Which air pocket would you expect to cool down more at night?
land air because land heats up more during the day and without the suns heat the land will go down more rapidly
Why do land and water surfaces heat up at different rates?
The radiation from the sun is heating them both the same. However, the sun penetrates the surface water and water at a great depth. This is because the water is transparent and lets energy pass through. On the other hand, the sun only heats up the top layer of the land. This is because the land is a solid. A solid is opaque and does not let energy through. Also, since water is transparent meaning the color doesn't attract the sunlight as much as land.Land VS. Water1)Heat loss to evaporation (latent heat)2) Transparent can penetrate and spread out deeper3) convection in the water mixes it4) high specific heatActually land is heated more than water because there is less land to heat and more water to heat so it heats unevenly
How land and water surfaces affect the overlying air?
Heat (infrared radiation) rises from the earth into the air. Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hold onto this heat and become warm. (So the heat doesn't escape into space.) This warmth spreads out in all directions, including back down to earth, where it warms the land even more.
Do land surfaces of earth heat more rapidly than water surfaces?
Because sunlight penetrates to greater depths in land than in water.Land is dry, but water washes up onto water surfaces making it wet.
Which statement best describes a difference between land and water surfaces?
Land surfaces heat up and cool down faster than water surfaces.
How do water and land surfaces differ in their abilities to absorb and radiated heat energy?
Land absorbs more heat energy than water does.
What does the heat radiated from the earth surfaces do?
land and water, and warms them. it also bonces in to the universe.
Which changes temperature more rapidly land or water?
Land tends to change temperature more rapidly than water. This is because land has a lower specific heat capacity compared to water, meaning it requires less energy to change its temperature. As a result, land can heat up and cool down more quickly than water.
Why does land surface cool off more rapidly than water?
Because solids cool off and heat up more rapidly than liquids.
What does heat radiated from Earth's surface do?
absorbed by earth surfaces, land and water
What are two reasons why bodies of water heat up more slowly than land masses when both surfaces receive an equal amount of sunlight?
The land mass is both dark and denser than water. It captures - and retains - heat more efficiently than water.
How do the heating of land water differ?
Land heats more rapidly and to higher temperatures than water. Land also cools more rapidly and to lower temperatures than water
How do the heating of land and water different?
Land heats more rapidly and to higher temperatures than water. Land also cools more rapidly and to lower temperatures than water
Does water cool rapidly?
Compared to land, NO!
Which air pocket would you expect to cool down more at night?
land air because land heats up more during the day and without the suns heat the land will go down more rapidly
