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Why does the sand on a beach get so much warmer than the water on a sunny day?
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Why does the sand on a beach get so much warmer than the water on a sunny day?

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It’s because sand is a poor conductor of heat so when the sun warms the sand, the heat is not disturbed evenly. Also the specific heat of sand is is lower than that of water.
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