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Why does the land lose heat more quickly at night than a body of water does?
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∙ 13y ago
bodies of water tend to have more object in and animals that produce their own heat. it also absorbs heat faster than land. water actually would lose heat faster if it didn't gain it faster. It's a more precarious kind of substance than earth is. but heat from the light reflecting off the moon and the fish in the water slow the temperature drop.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoBecause the land is a better heat conductor than the sea
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Why does land near an ocean have less temperature variation from day to night than places inland?
temperatures near water change during the seasons
Does Earth heat faster than water?
correct, and it also loses its heat more quickly.
Does copper hold heat well?
Copper has a high thermal conductivity. Thus, it quickly absorbs heat from a hotter body and loses heat to a colder body . Consequently, copper does not hold heat well when in contact with a colder object.
Does water heat up just as quickly as land heats up?
it heats up much faster, the specific heat value of water is very low, and the specific heat value of land is almost always higher than that of water.
Does higher boiling point evaporate faster?
Evaporation and boiling are the same process, liquid water is converted to water vapour. To convert from liquid to gas the water molecules have to absorb heat. The rapidly the heat is supplied, the faster the liquid water changes to a gas. In evaporation this heat comes from the air the water is exposed to, the surface the water sits on and the heat already in the water (hot water cools as it evaporates). This process is relatively slow compared to boiling water where a lot of heat is being put into the system by the stove or hot plate. It takes the same amount of heat to boil or evaporate the same amount of water. Boiling provides this heat much more quickly. Therefore boiling water evaporates much more quickly.
Why does the earth not lose its heat as quickly at night as the moon does?
no you answer it
Does water absorb heat quickly?
no
What are wet suits supposed to do?
Wet suits are supposed to keep the water out, and keep your body heat in, since the cold ocean will suck away a lot of your body heat, extemely quickly, so as to make the longest possible dive/swim time, wet suits keep your body heat in, and the water out.
Why does land near an ocean have less temperature variation from day to night than places inland?
temperatures near water change during the seasons
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.
Why does water heat up quickly if the heat is applied from the bottom?
Heat goes up
Why you do shiver when you are wet?
Shivering when wet is the body's attempt to maintain body heat. A wet body loses heat quickly. Failing to maintain body heat will result in hypothermia.
Why swimming or survival floating will hasten the onset of hypothermia in cold water?
Body heat will be unable to warm the water around it, as fresh water will rush in to replace it. Were one wearing a waterproof suit, the body could heat the thin layer of water trapped inside the suit, but without such equipment the water will quickly bring on hypothermia.
How do I burn myself?
Start running warm water over the area you will be burning. Then slowly but steadily increase the heat. Hold the area in the stream of water for about three minutes until your body is numb to the heat. Then pull the area out of the water, and quickly do the deed.
What is the heat escape lessening position h.e.l.p designed to prevent?
The loss of body heat when in the water
Why does it cool off so quickly at night in the desert when the sky is clear?
Clouds and high humidity act as a blanket to hold in heat at night. If these are absent, the heat absorbed by the earth during the day quickly radiates back into space.
Why are deserts generally colder at night than other areas are?
The wide fluctuation in temperatures in most deserts between day and night is due to the lack of a large body of water. Large bodies of water absorb sunlight all day but can hold more heat than the land. When the sun goes down the water is still radiating the heat it absorbed all day making the air around it warmer. The ground radiates heat from the sunlight all day elevating the temperatures in the daytime. When the sun goes down in the desert there is no body of water to keep radiating heat, so the temperature drops more than in a coastal area.Actually,A desert has little moisture in the air and few clouds. These two act as blankets to hold in the heat at night. Without a blanket, the heat absorbed by the sand, soil and rocks of the desert is radiated back into space and the temperature drops at night.
