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Q: Why does water have to absorb six times as much heat to have the same temperature of sand?
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No, proteins can't absorb or lose heat without changing much in temperature. Water has a high heat capacity, so water can absorb or release a great deal of heat energy without changing much in temperature.


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During the time water absorb heat from the atmosphere if the initial temperature was lower.


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By far it is water.


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Continents heat up faster than water. Water can absorb a lot of energy before changing its temperature.


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How do soil and water absorb and release heat?

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The substance that would absorb the most heat energy with the least temperature change would be one kilogram of?

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Water can absorb a large amount of energy while producing only small changes in temperature because water has what?

water's high specific heat


Energetically what must be done or what must happen before water can boil?

The water must absorb sufficient heat energy to raise its temperature to the boiling point PLUS the Latent Heat of Vaporization at that Temperature and Ambient Pressure..


What is true about waters specific heat?

Water must to absorb 4,184 Joules of heat for the temperature of one gram of water to increase 1 degree Celsius (°C).