Question

Explain the following :

A wise farmer always waters his fields in the evening, if there is a forecast for frost.

Answer 1

To save the crops on such cold nights farmers fill their fields with water as water has high sp. heat capacity. So water does not allow the temp, in the surrounding area of plants to fall upto 0°C. Other wise when temp, falls below 0°C water in the fine capillaries of plants will freeze, so the veins will burst due to increase in volume of water on freezing.