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Why does heat temperature not drop when much at night when by a lake?
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When night falls on a summer day the air temperature drops by 10 degrees Celsius will the temperature of a nearby lake change by the same amount?
No, air has a much lower specific heat than water. Loss of same amount of thermal energy by the water will result in a smaller temperature drop.
Which has the greater specific heat capacity- an object that cools quickly or an object of the same mass that cools more slowly?
The object that cools more slowly would have the greater specific heat, because the amount of heat that is needed to raise the temperature of it one degree is less than the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of the first object one degree. i.e. the object that cools quickly does so because it doesn't need a lot of heat to increase the temperature of it by one degree and the one that cools more slowly does so because it needs more heat to increase the temperature of it by one degree.
The sun heating a lake is what type of heat transfer?
It is heat transfer by radiation.
Why is water warmer on the top of a lake than beneath?
Heat rises.
How is rate of heat loss based on the surrounding temp?
Say you are investigating a murder and want to know when the victim was killed. If the body is cold, you can guess that the murder did not happen very recently. But can you be more precise in order to catch the killer? First, you will want to measure the internal temperature of the body, its core temperature. Once you have the core temperature, what else do you need to know to determine when the murder took place? Well, you will want to know what the temperature of the surroundings was in the recent past. If the body was found in the morning, you will want to know what the temperature in the area was overnight, for example. You will also want to determine if the body was insulated, say, by heavy clothing. More clothing will obviously slow the rate of heat loss. Suppose the body was found in a swimming pool or in a lake. How would this affect the rate of heat loss? One concept that is particularly important is rate of change.
Toronto Ontario is beside Lake Ontario the temperature there does not drop much at night after a hot day .why is this?
A large body of water acts as a heat reservoir and gradually releases heat during the night.
When night falls on a summer day the air temperature drops by 10 degrees Celsius will the temperature of a nearby lake change by the same amount?
No, air has a much lower specific heat than water. Loss of same amount of thermal energy by the water will result in a smaller temperature drop.
What are the release dates for In the Heat of the Night - 1988 Lake Winahatchie 6-21?
In the Heat of the Night - 1988 Lake Winahatchie 6-21 was released on: USA: 5 May 1993
Which is most likely an example of a heat source?
Lake Ontario on a clear fall night .
Why is the temperature needed to freeze ocean water lower than the temperature needed to freeze the surface of a fresh lake?
The ocean is larger than a lake. Therefore, being larger it can absorb more heat. That is why a lower temperature is needed to freeze it.
Why is the temperature needed to freeze ocean water lower than the temperature to freeze the surface of a fresh water lake?
The ocean is larger than a lake. Therefore, being larger it can absorb more heat. That is why a lower temperature is needed to freeze it.
What does the melting point of a substance depend on?
No, heat energy depends on the amount of substance. You have asked a very good question that confuses many. Heat energy is different from temperature.If the temperature of Lake Michigan is 60 degrees, I can take ashot-glass of water out of the lake and carry it over to my car, and the temperature of the water in the shot glass is still 60 degrees.However, there is an enormously vastly larger amount more heat energy in Lake Michigan than the shot glass. One could heat up the shot glass with the heat energy from a candle in a minute, but it would take trillions of candles to heat Lake Michigan the same temperature difference in that minute.
Why is the temperature needed to freeze ocean water lower than the temperature needed to freeze a surface of a fresh water lake?
The ocean is larger than a lake. Therefore, being larger it can absorb more heat. That is why a lower temperature is needed to freeze it.
What is the scientific name for losing body heat do to faling into a lake?
Losing body temperature or low body temperature is called hypothermia. if the water was colder than your body, your body can rapidly lose heat.
What would happen if water in a lake gains heat from the sun?
it would gradually warm up, the speed at which it heats up and then looses that heat at night all depends on location, depth and surface area of that lake.
Is green house effect beneficial to man and environment?
Green house effect assist the earth to retain its temperatuere in equilibrium. In absence of green house effect , earth's temperature will be rapidly increase due to intensity of sunlight further in night or in lake of sunlight the temperature of earth surface will be rapidly go down. But much concentration of green house gases absorb more heat that results much temperature during day and also more temperature in night...
What is the temperature at lake district?
The temperature at the lake district is 13 degrees Celsius
