Homework Help: Science

Posted by MamaMia on Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 5:28pm.

On a sunny day you are measuring the surface temperature on two adjacent playing fields, one with a wet surface and one with a dry surface. Which surface will have a higher temperature? Why?

Science - drwls, Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 5:38pm
The wet surface will be cooler because evaporation will remove heat from the surface (unless the relative humidity is nearly 100%)

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