Specific Heat Calculations

The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance by one degree Celsius is ________

• Heat energy
• Specific heat
• convection
• thermal energy

How many Joules of energy are required to change 10 gram of water from 20 C to 90 C?

• 1400 J
• 2800 J
• 210,000 J
• 1,400,000 J

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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___________ is measured by the unit Joules.

• Heat energy
• Temperature
• Specific heat

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What  is the formula to calculate heat energy required to raise the temperature of any substance?

• Q=mc∆t
• Q=mc
• Q= ½mv
• m=QC

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When a  piece of aluminum foil is taken out of the oven and cools from 100° to 50°, What is the change in temperature?

• 50°
• 0°
• 100°
• 150°

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A high specific heat means...

• It heats up quickly with energy added
• It requires more energy to change temperature

Water bubbles up through a hot spring in Yellowstone National Park. What method of heat transfer is this?

• Conduction
• Radiation
• Convection
• Specific Heat

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On a sunny day, you return to your car after a ball game. The inside of the car is very hot.  How did the car get so warm?

• Conduction
• Convection
• Radiation
• Specific Heat

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Heat is always transferred from _______________ areas.

• Warmer
• Cooler

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The only form of heat transfer that does not require matter is ____________________.

• Conduction
• Radiation