Land is heated and cooled faster than the sea?Why?
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Water reflects most solar radiation that reaches its surface back to the atmosphere. Since land absorbs more solar radiation the land surface retains more heat as do the vegetation for energy. Thus, land surfaces warm more quickly than water.
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sea has an higher specific heat capacity than land so it takes time to heat up and cool up but ones heated or cooled it remains for a long time.
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