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If you were to go to a sandy beach on a sunny summer day, which would feel warmer—the sand or the water? Explain why, using your knowledge of the properties of water.
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If you were to go to a sandy beach on a sunny summer day, which would feel warmer—the sand or the water? Explain why, using your knowledge of the properties of water.
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The sand would feel warmer as the water has a higher heat capacity-the amount of heat energy required to increase temperature-. This allows large bodies of water such as oceans and lakes to absorb large amounts of heat with only small changes in temperature.
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