Answer to Question #176693 in General Chemistry for Nicole

Question

Explain why water takes a long time to heat up, while the pot that you are using gets hot quickly. Describe the property applied here in 5 statements

Answer 1

Compared to air or land, water is a slow conductor of heat. That means it needs to gain more energy than a comparable amount of air or land to increase its temperature. Meaning, once heated, a body of water will hold onto that heat for a much longer period of time than either air or land.In gases and liquids, heat is usually transferred by convection, in which the motion of the gas or liquid itself carries heat from one place to another.