Specific Heat Capacity

Which will be the easiest to heat up?

• copper

• granite

• iron

• basalt

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Which will be the hardest to heat up?

• water

• lead

• granite

• iron

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How much energy is needed to raise the temperature of 5.0 g of lead from 25°C to 35°C?

• Specific Heat Capacity (c) = 0.129 J/(g•°C)

• 6.45 J/(g•°C)

• 6.45 J

• 16.1 J/(g•°C)

• d.16.1 J

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The temperature of a 6.0 g sample of glass changed from 20.0°C to 45.0°C when it absorbed 550 J of heat. What is the specific heat capacity of this glass?

• 0.27 J/g °C

• 3.7 J/g °C

• 130 J/g °C

• 12 J/g °C

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

• Thermal Energy

• Specific Heat Capacity

• Temperature

• Heat Capacity

What would be the effect on the particles if more heat is supplied to the system?

• They would slow down
• They would stop moving
• They would speed up
• There would be no effect

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Specific heat of water is 4.18 J/g°C. Specific heat of wood is 1.760 J/g°C. What material needs more heat energy to raise the temperature?

• Water

• Wood

• Both are same

Graphite has a specific heat capacity of 0.709 J/g⁰C. If a 20 g piece of graphite is cooled from 38⁰C to 18⁰C, how much energy was lost by the graphite?

• 283.6 J

• 183.6 J

• 203 J

• 109 J

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