How does water’s high specific heat capacity affect large lakes? a. the water in the lakes changes temperature quickly. b. the water at the bottom of a lake will never freeze. c. the water from lakes evaporates quickly. d. the water in a lake changes temperature slowly.

D. The water in a lake changes temperature slowly.

Explanation: Specific heat is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of substance through .

Evaporation is the process in which liquid state is changed to gaseous state at any temperature.

Water has high specific heat due to the presence of strong hydrogen bonds which requires large amount of heat to raise the temperature of water. Thus the molecules will not be able to gain enough kinetic energy and thus temperature changes slowly.