Question

1. Islands in the middle of the oceans (for example, Great Britain, Hawaii, Bermuda) tend to have more stable climates with smaller temperature fluctuations than regions of the same mass surrounded by land (for example, continents). Use your knowledge of heat energy, specific heat, and heat transfer to explain these facts.

Answer 1

The land of mass that is surrounded by water has more stable climate and smaller temperature flactuation is because of the property of water called specific heat, water has a specific heat of 4180 J/kg C this means that it needs a lot of energy to raise the temperature of water and also vice versa. unlike in the area surrounded by mass like deserts where the sand has a specific heat of about 880 j/kg C which means it only needs small amount of energy to raise its temperature and also to cool down, that is why during at morning in the desert is too hot while at night it is too cold