Textbook Question
Water has a high heat-absorbing capacity because .
a. the sun's rays penetrate to the bottom of bodies of water, mainly heating the bottom surface;
b. the strong covalent bonds that hold individual water molecules together require large inputs of heat to break;
c. it has the ability to dissolve many heat-resistant solutes;
d. initial energy inputs are first used to break hydrogen bonds between water molecules and only after these are broken, to raise the temperature;
e. all of the above are true
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