Question

I actually can't figure this out, can someone help me?

You and your friends are at the lake on a particularly sunny day. Use specific heat capacity to explain why the sand on the shores of the lake feels so much hotter than the water in the lake even though the same solar energy is being absorbed by both materials.

Answer 1

sand's specific heat capacity is low that water(i.e. 830J/kg°C) Due to it's low specific heat capacity it gets hotter easily. That's whythe sand on the shores of the lake feels so much hotter than the water in the lake even though the same solar energy is being absorbed by both materials.