CH.15 Physics Question.. Thank you!

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  • Why does it take until the middle of summer before lakes have warm water, but desert sand heats up in hours?

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Sand has the property of absorving and transfer of heat and coldness more then water
water molecules take energy and gets evapourated but other molecules remain cold they have less heat transfer ability where as hear does not evaporate so it stays warm.....................


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