Answer :
Water warms up more slowly than air but can hold more heat – water needs 4 times as much energy to raise its temperature by 1ºC as the same mass of air does – so the ocean plays an important part in taking up energy from the Sun and stopping the Earth getting too hot.
Water warms up slowly than air but can hold more heat- water needs 4 times as much energy to raise its temperature by 1 c As the mass of air does- so the ocean plays an important part In taking up energy and stoping the earth from getting to hot! =) hope this helped.