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Why is heat capacity very important to life on earth?

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Answer: without heat we would all freeze to death and there would be an ice age, it would be so bad the penguins wouldn't be able to live an hour in it

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Answer:A high specific heat of a substance means that a large amount of heat is required to raise the temperature of the substance. ... Water covers around 70% of the Earth's surface and its high specific heat plays a very important role as it is able to absorb a lot of heat without a significant rise in the temperature.

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