
Why are sand and water different temperatures at the beach?
07/07/22 • 17 min
#002
Many of us have been in a situation where we are near a body of water (lake, ocean, pool etc), and you may have noticed that no matter what the temperature is outside, the water and the land can feel like super different temperatures, like the sand being hot and the ocean being cold. Why is that? Well it's because of something called specific heat, and we're going to talk about it right now.
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#002
Many of us have been in a situation where we are near a body of water (lake, ocean, pool etc), and you may have noticed that no matter what the temperature is outside, the water and the land can feel like super different temperatures, like the sand being hot and the ocean being cold. Why is that? Well it's because of something called specific heat, and we're going to talk about it right now.
How to start a podcast. <- Check this out if you've got a podcast idea you want to make happen!
Find us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @ChemForYourLife.
Email us at [email protected]
And check out our chill, simple little website at https://chemforyourlife.transistor.fm/
And seriously, we love using Transistor. Check it out to be sure your podcast makes a bang.
Thanks to our monthly supporters
- Ciara Linville
- J0HNTR0Y
- Jeannette Napoleon
- Cullyn R
- Erica Bee
- Elizabeth P
- Sarah Moar
- Rachel Reina
- Letila
- Katrina Barnum-Huckins
- Suzanne Phillips
- Nelly Silva
- Venus Rebholz
- Lyn Stubblefield
- Jacob Taber
- Brian Kimball
- Emerson Woodhall
- Kristina Gotfredsen
- Timothy Parker
- Steven Boyles
- Chris Skupien
- Chelsea B
- Bri McAllister
- Avishai Barnoy
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References from this episode
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- https://scijinks.gov/wind/
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- https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/resources/k-8/inquiryinaction/kindergarten/chapter-1/what-is-wind.html
- https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/wind/
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References from this episode
- http://www2.tulane.edu/~sanelson/Natural_Disasters/volcan&magma.htm
- https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/cascades-volcano-observatory/information-about-volcanologists
- https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/24650/chapter/6
- https://edu-rsc-org.libproxy.library.unt.edu/feature/eruption/3009796.article
- Natural Disasters - Patrick L. Abbott
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- Steven Boyles
- Chris Skupien
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Chemistry For Your Life - Why are sand and water different temperatures at the beach?
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Hi, y'all. On this week's rerelease of an episode, we're actually gonna be doing our 2nd episode ever. So it might seem like, you know, maybe we're less old, less wise.
JamYeah. Thoughts from the past, it might sound a little different to Right.
MelissaAnyway, a few other things. In Jam's old house. But the biggest reason we wanted to rerelease this is we know
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