State whether the land cools at a slower or faster rate than water. Give a reason in support of your answer.

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Solution

Specific heat capacity is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a unit mass of the body by $1^{ο} C$ .
The specific heat capacity of the water is higher than land.
So, the land cools at a faster rate than water.

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