A. Solar energy penetrates more deeply into water
B. Heat energy is mixed in a deeper layer of water
C. Water has a higher heat capacity
D. A portion of the solar energy that strikes water is used to evaporate it
✅ The correct answer is option E.
Water warms and cools much more slowly than land because it takes more heat to raise the temperature of a given amount of soil 1oC than it does to raise the temperature of water 1oC.
Water warms and cools much more slowly than land because it takes more heat to raise the temperature of a given amount of soil 1oC than it does to raise the temperature of water 1oC.