Answer to Question #161396 in Geography for Catherine

Question

Water has the properties of transparency and mobility.Explain why these two properties result in the sun’s rays heating the ocean slowly

Answer 1

Thanks to mobility, water may be a good medium for the processes of convection, which contributes to slow warming of water.

Thanks to transparency, the sunlight warms the entire volume of water, not the surface layer, which means that much more energy is required to warm it faster than the sun produces.