the diagram shows solar radiation in a locati...
the diagram shows solar radiation in a location near an ocean. in locations like this, solar radiation is absorbed by the land near the ocean and by the water in the ocean. but solar radiation affects the temperatures of the land and the ocean differently. imagine you have equal amounts of water and land. it takes more thermal energy to raise the waters temperature than it does to raise the lands temperature by the same amount. this is due to waters molecular structure. so, when the ground absorbs thermal energy, the ground temperature increases more than the ocean temperature would. likewise, when ocean water absorbs thermal energy, the ocean temperature increases less than the ground temperature would. complete the sentence. when the ground and the ocean receive the same amount of solar radiation, the temperature of the ____ increases less than the temperature of the ____. ocean...ground ground...ocean