Intro Specific Heat Quiz

What unit do you use to measure Thermal Energy?

• J/Kg ºC
• Kg
• ºC
• J

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How does heat flow?

• Always from cold to warm
• Always from warm to cold
• Both warm to cold & cold to warm
• It depends on the temperature

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A high specific heat means...

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

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What has particularly high specific heat? 

• Water
• Gases 
• Metals 
• Poptarts

The specific heat of aluminum is 0.21 cal/g°C.  How much heat(Q) is released when a 10 g piece of aluminum foil is taken out of the oven and cools from 100° to 50°?

• 105 J
• 10.5 J
• 1.05 J

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How much heat is needed to raise the temperature of 0.3g of copper from 25^oC to 30^oC. (Specific Heat of Copper= 0.38)

• 0.57J

• 0.33J

• 2.3J

• 4.5J

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What has a higher specific heat?

• Metal Spoon

• Wooden Spoon

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How much heat is needed to raise the temperature of 4g of granite from 23^oC to 27^oC. (Specific Heat of granite= 0.79)

• 20.1J

• 12.64J

• 13.1J

• 10.5J

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How much heat is needed to raise the temperature of 2.5g of wood from 50^oC to 55^oC. (Specific Heat of Wood= 1.75)

• 34.897J

• 13.5J

• 21.875J

• 4.5

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The amount of energy required to raise the temperature 1ºC for every gram is called____?

• Thermal Energy

• Specific Heat

• Temperature

• Kinetic Energy