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I would hardly call it "resist" but these changes are changes of state, and there has to be a heat transfer to or from the surroundings. This heat is called "latent heat". To go from liquid to solid (ice), heat has to be transferred away (by a wind for example). To go from liquid to gas (vapor, steam) heat has to be supplied (hot air, sun's radiation for example). These heat changes can take time.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoBecause it has an enormous specific heat capacity, compared to most other substances. Specific heat capacity (SI unit: joules per kilogram degree kelvin) is a measure of the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of a mass of substance by one degree. So, it doesn't so much 'resist' changes (i.e. reductions as well as increases) in temperature, as require great amounts of energy transfer.
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windmills
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