Fresh water holds heat longer than salt water, because the addition of salt lowers the heat capacity of the solution relative to pure water. Thus, fresh water can be said to hold heat longer than salt water.

The higher the heat capacity, the more slowly the water will heat, given the same amount of energy added. The heat capacity of freshwater is 4.182 J/(g K) and the heat capacity of saltwater is 3.993 J/(g K). Therefore, saltwater will heat up faster than freshwater.

Saltwater is denser than fresh water because of its salt content. When it rains the freshwater reduces the saltiness of the saltwater on the surface. Saltwater is made when freshwater moves over land. The minerals in rocks are eroded by flowing water and combine with the water which eventually enters earthʼs oceans.

The specific heat capacity is defined as the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of substance by one kelvin. The unit of specific heat capacity is JKg−1K−1. In other words increasing the concentration of salt in water decreases the specific heat capacity of water.

Temperature, pressure, phase all affect water at the molecular level and therefore the microscopic manner in which the water will absorb energy. So yes, the heat capacity of water can be increased/decreased by changing the macroscopic conditions (phase, temperature and pressure).

The hydrogen bonds that form between water molecules can store heat as potential energy of vibration. Salt water forms fewer intermolecular hydrogen bonds (per molar quantity) than regular water because the sodium chloride ions are now interacting with the water molecules. Thus the reduction in heat capacity.

The density of seawater is about 1025 kg/m^3 and the specific heat is about 3850 J/(kg C).

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The sugar solution has a higher specific heat capacity than pure water. So for an equivalent temperature drop, more energy has to be lost. 2. The specific heat capacity of water is large; water is cheap and liquid, it has a reasonable temperature range before boiling.

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So the answer is yes, the heat capacity of the solution does change by adding a solute and, in fact, it depends on the amount that is added. Only experimentally can you measure the exact function of concentration that defines the heat capacity of a particular solution.

If water did not have such a high heat capacity, the temperature of Earth would change violently with the changing of day to night. The oceans would become frigid at night and boil during the day. This world would be very difficult to survive in.

Glass of water receives heat. Glass of water receives heat because Water has high heat capacity that helps it to absorbs lot of heat before it begins to get hot.

Water has a higher specific heat capacity because of the strength of the hydrogen bonds. It requires a significant of energy to separate these bonds.

Water is a slow conductor of heat, thus it needs to gain more energy than the sand or dry land in order for its temperature to increase. On the other hand, soil loses its heat much faster. Not only do the oceans cover more than 2/3 of the Earth’s surface, they also absorb more sunlight and store more heat.

The specific heat of water is greater than that of dry soil, therefore water both absorbs and releases heat more slowly than land. Large bodies of water tend to moderate the temperature of nearby land due to the high heat capacity of water.

Non-metallic materials such as brick stone and brick are good absorbers of solar energy, especially if they have dark coloring. Plastics and wood may make good energy absorbers, but many types are not suitable for solar applications because most plastics have relatively low melting points and wood may catch fire.

It takes less energy to change the temperature of land compared to water. This means that land heats and cools more quickly than water and this difference affects the climate of different areas on Earth.

Heat capacity. Simple physics suggests that when you put more heat into the climate system, land should warm more quickly than oceans. This is because land has a smaller “heat capacity” than water, which means it needs less heat to raise its temperature.

The reason that land is significantly cooler than the ocean is because of land breeze. Sea breeze is what makes oceans colder than land during the day, but when night happens, the heat from the land goes into the ocean, changing temperatures of both sides.

The heat that the ocean absorbs is mixed with the lower water quickly. That mixing spreads the heat around. At night, while the land cools off quickly, the water at the surface is kept warmer because the water is mixed around with the warmer water underneath.

Day Heat Warms the Water Sunshine warms the water starting in the later morning until the late afternoon so that by nightfall, the water is at its highest temperature. This heat not only warms the water but the materials holding the water, including the ground under the water.

Because the angle of radiation varies depending on the latitude, surface temperatures on average are warmer at lower latitudes and cooler at higher latitudes (even though higher latitudes have more hours of daylight during the summer months).

Solar energy received over the planet’s surface varies according to season, latitude, transparency of the atmosphere, and aspect or ground slope. Insolation affects temperature. The more the insolation, the higher the temperature. In any given day, the strongest insolation is received at noon.

In general, the farther from the equator an area is, the colder and snowier it will be. This is because higher-latitude regions receive less light and energy from the Sun than low-latitude, tropical areas. Latitude is not the only thing that influences temperature and snow cover.

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The 10 hottest places on earth, from Death Valley to Tunisia

• Death Valley, California, USA. The aptly named Furnace Creek currently holds the record for hottest air temperature ever recorded.
• Kebili, Tunisia.
• Mitribah, Kuwait.
• Turbat, Pakistan.
• Dallol, Ethiopia.
• Aziziyah, Libya.
• Wadi Halfa, Sudan.
• Dasht-e Loot, Iran.