Question

Water heats up _______ and cools off ______ than land.
A. More quickly, more quickly
B. More quickly, more slowly
C. More slowly, more quickly
D. More slowly, more slowly

Answer 1

Hint: Land absorbs more heat than water and also has a smaller heat capacity whereas water reflects most of the radiations and has a high heat capacity.

Complete answer: Sunlight falls on both land and water. Land surfaces are opaque and darker and absorb most of the light and surface heats up whereas water reflects most of the sunlight falling on it back to the atmosphere. That is why land surfaces heat up faster than water. During summers land is much warmer than water. Also rougher and dryer materials absorb more radiations than wetter ones. The land has a smaller heat capacity than water i.e land needs less heat to raise its temperature
Water has a high specific heat capacity and it has to lose more energy than land to decrease its temperature. Also, water retains heat for a longer period of time.

Hence option d is correct water heats up more slowly and cools off more slowly than land.

Additional information:
The light and cold winds are known as breeze and there are two types of breeze namely land breeze and sea breeze. It is caused due to the temperature difference between land and water. When the temperature of land is lower and the temperature of the water is higher the wind flows from land to water and is called land breeze or offshore wind. Winds always move from a region of high pressure to low pressure areas. The movement of wind from water to land is called sea breeze or onshore winds and mainly occurs in spring or summer. Both the breeze affects the atmosphere, humidity, and precipitation of the area.

Note: Land has lower heat capacity and requires less heat to increase its temperature and water has higher heat capacity and requires more heat to increase its temperature. Hence land heats up and cools down faster than water.