Question

Properties of water open-ended questions

1. why is water said to have a high specific heat index, and why is Seattle to temperate (does not fluctuate wildly in temperature)?

Answer 1

Before answering this question we need to understand

What is specific heat

Specific heat is amount of heat required to raise the temperature of given substance by one degree

The reason behind high specific heat of water lies in it's hydrogen bonding

Water has intermolecular hydrogen bodning when heat is applied to water instead of rasing the temperature the hydrogen bonding breaks in water and water molecules move freely making rasing it's temperature difficult and hence more specific heat index.

And after cooling the hydrogen bonds forms again making it stable in wide temperature ranges

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