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The specific heat of a substance is the amount of heat energy it takes to raise the temperature of the substance 1o C. A substance with a high specific heat requires more heat to increase in temperature than a substance with a low specific heat.
Air has a specific heat of about 1.005 Kj/Kg/degree C.
Most soils are mostly composed of mineral particles, air and water. The specific heat of dry soil is about 0.80 Kj/kg/degree C. However, since the specific heat of water is very high (4.2 Kj/kg/degree C), soils often have a higher specific heat than air, and heat up more slowly than the air.
So it ultimately depends on the amount of moisture in the soil. A bone-dry soil can heat up quicker than air, but a wet soil will take longer to heat up than the air.
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What heats faster rock or soil?
Sand heats up faster
Why does sand heat up faster than soil?
Soil heats up faster than sand because soil is more moist and has certain chemical in it so that it is partially flammable. I hope ive helped! Love, 2016127
Which heats up fastest soil water air or sand?
Soil heats up and cools down the fastest. Water heats up regulary and does not cool down for a while. Sand heats up the slowest and cools down the slowest.
What happens to the temperature of equal volumes of soil and water when they are placed in the sunshine for 30 minutes?
both the water and soil heats up but the soil heats up rapidly and the water heats up slowly. If it cools down the soil cools down faster and the water cools down slower.
Which substance would heat up faster air water soil or sand?
Soil
What heats faster rock or soil?
Sand heats up faster
What manipulated variable that heats up faster water or soil?
the water heats faster than soil.
Do sand heat up faster than soil?
sand heats faster than soil
Why does sand heat up faster than soil?
Soil heats up faster than sand because soil is more moist and has certain chemical in it so that it is partially flammable. I hope ive helped! Love, 2016127
Which heats up fastest soil water air or sand?
Soil heats up and cools down the fastest. Water heats up regulary and does not cool down for a while. Sand heats up the slowest and cools down the slowest.
What happens to the temperature of equal volumes of soil and water when they are placed in the sunshine for 30 minutes minutes?
both the water and soil heats up but the soil heats up rapidly and the water heats up slowly. If it cools down the soil cools down faster and the water cools down slower.
What happens to the temperature of equal volumes of soil and water when they are placed in the sunshine for 30 minutes?
both the water and soil heats up but the soil heats up rapidly and the water heats up slowly. If it cools down the soil cools down faster and the water cools down slower.
Which heats up faster by day?
The desert heats up faster.
Why does soil heat up faster then water?
well because the soil sits in the sin all day so then its used to light. as for water it really doesn't sit in the sun all day. so that is why soil heats up faster than water
Which substance would heat up faster air water soil or sand?
Soil
What heats up faster by day?
Layla
What happens to the molecules in a sovelent when it heats up?
They speed up and moves faster and faster.
