The majority of earth is covered with water. water takes longer to heat up and cool down which has an impact on the air temperature. the slow change in water temperature is due to water's a) conductivity. b) high specific heat. c) high reflective capacity. d) ability to dissolve many substances.

The correct answer is option B) high specific heat.

Explanation:

Water is present all over the globe and covered the whole earth. The specific heat of the water is the highest of any other liquid. Specific heat is the amount of heat, must be absorbed or removed by the one gram of a substance to 1 degree Celsius change in temperature.

The specific heat of the water plays an important role as it can absorb a lot of heat without a significant increase in the temperature.

Thus, the correct answer is option - B) high specific heat.

4.) metal

"-the movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back to the environment

-carbon is the essential component of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates (which make up all organisms)

-carbon exists in air, water, and living organisms

-producers convert carbon dioxide in the atmosphere into carbohydrates during photosynthesis

-bacteria in the atmosphere cycles through the system in filtration units

-in cellular respiration, carbon is released back into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide

-some carbon is stored in limestone (forming one of the largest "carbon sinks" on earth)

-largest carbon reservoir on earth= limestone

-carbon stored in the bodies of organisms as fat, oils, or other molecules may be released into the soil or air when the organism dies

-this may form deposits of coal, oil, or natural gas (fossil fuels, which increased the atmospheric carbon dioxide)

-fossil fuels store carbon left over from bodies of organisms that died millions of years ago

-they are located in the surface of earth, deep within the earth and beneath the ocean floor."