Question

Water has a high specific heat, which means that it requires a great deal of heat to change its temperature. Which of the following helps support life on Earth and is a result of water's high specific heat?

Answer 1

As explained below.

Step-by-step explanation:

• As water covers about more than 70% of the earth's surface, it has a specific heat and this is very important and it helps for the absorption of the significant amount of heat and carbon dioxide. Thus this is the heat that is required to raise the temperature of a substance by 1 K.

• As it's seen that tropical areas are those that have a high level of biodiversity and as compared to the polar areas that don't get the sunlight directly so the amount of salinity in water, amount of density of water and the amount of precipitation will impact the life form on earth and thus this amount of energy is necessary as to maintain a balance with the temperature patterns of the earth.

• Density and well-oxygenated water is a basic life-supporting element found in the oceans and hence impacting the growth development of species.

Answer 2

Answer;

The water that covers over 70% of the Earth's surface stabilizes the weather and climate of the Earth.

Explanation;

• Specific heat is a measure of the amount heat energy that is required to increase the temperature of a substance by a certain temperature interval.
• If a substance has a high specific heat, it requires a large input of heat energy to increase the temperature of the substance.
• Water can absorb a large amount of energy while producing only small changes in temperature because water has a high specific heat. This property of water is very important to the organisms on Earth because the water that covers over 70% of the Earth's surface stabilizes the weather and climate of the Earth.
• This creates a temperature range that is stable enough for diverse living organisms to live and grow on Earth.