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Why is the air colder than the land?
Water has a very high specific heat capacity, meaning it takes more energy to heat it up than most substances and it releases more energy than it heats down. Additionally, water can circulate, so that heat gets distributed to a greater depth than it can with solid earth. As a result, land heats up faster in the day and cools down more slowly at night than water does. For this reason, air over land tends to be warmer in the day an cooler at night than air over water.
How would local winds be if water and land absorbed and release heat at the same rate?
During the day, air above land becomes warmer than air above water.This is a sea breeze.At night, cooler air on land cause a higher-pressure zone over the land.This is a land breeze.
Is wind measured the same way over land and water?
Knots is for water and Miles per hour is for land
What happens if a cold egg is brought into hot water?
Basically, the egg gets warmer as the water gets cooler until both meet at the same temperature.
What is the sea to land ratio?
75-25, in favor of water, the same as our bodies (75% water).
Why is it that the warmer the water the warmer the land?
because the winds blowing in from the ocean pick up the temperature from the water so the wind is the same temperature as the top layer of the water, so when the wind blows in from the coast it either warms or cools the land depending on the water temperature.
What happens during a sea breeze?
As the specific heat capacity of water is higher than land, at the day time the land heats faster and thus temperature rises quickly it causes low air pressure at land ( as T is inversely propotional to pressure) but at sea the air pressure remains same so air blow from sea to land. At night land cool faster and inverse takes place
If Japan is at the same latitude as California then why is ocean water there so much warmer than California water?
Its because Japan is humid, and humidity makes the water warmer.
What is colder air in land or air in sea?
that's a very vague question. I'll try my best to answer it. First it depends where at you're talking about. At the Equator Air on land is colder than at sea. But as you go to either poles the water tends to get colder than the air on land.
Why is the air colder than the land?
Water has a very high specific heat capacity, meaning it takes more energy to heat it up than most substances and it releases more energy than it heats down. Additionally, water can circulate, so that heat gets distributed to a greater depth than it can with solid earth. As a result, land heats up faster in the day and cools down more slowly at night than water does. For this reason, air over land tends to be warmer in the day an cooler at night than air over water.
What is the area of land where all of the water that is under it or drains off it goes into the same place?
A watershed is an area where all runoff goes to the same outlet.
Why do land breezes generally occur during the night and early morning?
Warm air expands, so air will flow from a warm place to a cool place. During the day the land will get warm, while a body of water will stay at roughly the same temperature, since it takes longer to warm up. During the night, the land will cool until it is cooler than the water, so air will flow toward the land. In the early morning, the land stays cool for a while, so the breeze continues. As the land warms up and becomes warmer than the sea, the air will flow away from the land. This breeze will usually occur from the middle of the day until after sunset.
If you pour water onto water does it get more wet?
no. water put on water makes more water. its the same as land on land. put land on land, makes more land not dyer land.
How would local winds be if water and land absorbed and release heat at the same rate?
During the day, air above land becomes warmer than air above water.This is a sea breeze.At night, cooler air on land cause a higher-pressure zone over the land.This is a land breeze.
How would local winds be effected if water and land absorbed and released heat at the same rate?
During the day, air above land becomes warmer than air above water.This is a sea breeze.At night, cooler air on land cause a higher-pressure zone over the land.This is a land breeze.
What is your weight when float on water on back?
Your weight is the same on land as on the water.
How much air is in hot water Is there more air in cold water under the same pressure of course?
Colder water can hold more oxygen than warmer water.
