Question

During some winter months in the Finger Lakes region of New York State, the lake water remains unfrozen even though the land around the lakes is frozen and covered with snow. The property of water that allows it to remain unfrozen is known as

Answer 1

The correct answer would be the high specific heat of the water.

Specific heat refers to the amount of energy required in order to increase the temperature of 1 gram of a substance by 1 °C.

Water has a high specific heat due to the presence of hydrogen bonding in water molecules.

Thus, a large amount of heat is required to be lost in order to freeze.

Answer 2

The high specific heat for the property of water allows it to remain unfrozen. There is also a very large surface area for the finger lakes.