The fact that sand gets vely hot but also cools quickly illustrates which of the following? a. the sun heats everything equally b. being near water makes sand cold. c. heating and cooling are similar processes d. substances have differing abilities to retain heat.

The fact that sand gets very hot but also cools quickly illustrates that substances have differing abilities to retain heat.

So the correct answer should be D.

Hope this helps,

Davinia.

D.Substances have differing abilities to retain heat.

it is given that trillions of microbes make up to 1% to 3% of the body mass.

let's take average of this percentage: 2%

consider the average mass of the human body as 70 kg.

then, trillions of microbes would have mass  

therefore, 100 trillion micro-organisms would weigh:

this is an approximate value and could change depending on the mass of the human body and percentage of the microbes present in it.

average mass per microorganism =