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Which property of water helps it maintain a relatively stable temperature?

High specific heat capacity
Low density
Neutral nature
Nonpolar structure

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Answer:

High spec heat cap

Step-by-step explanation:

Specific heat = Q/(m *Tchange)

re-arrange to

Tchange = Heat/(m *spec heat)

this shows that a high spec heat (in the denominator) will require a lot of heat (in the numerator) to change the Temp much

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