Specific Heat capacity

The specific heat capacity of platinum is 133 kJ/g°C. How much heat energy is released when a 10 g piece of platinum cools from 100°C to 50°C?

• 66.5 J

• 665 J

• 0.0266 J

• 0.665 J

20 g of water. specific heat of water is 4180 kJ/g°C. temperature changes from 25° C to 20° C, how much heat energy (Q) moves from the water to the surroundings?

• 418 J

• 209 J

• 83 J

• 4.18 J

The SI units J/kg K measures

• Specific heat capacity

• mass

• temperature

• heat energy

The specific heat capacity of copper is 390 kJ/g °C. What is the temperature change(∆t) when 100 Joules of thermal energy is added to 20 grams?

• 12.82 °C

• 24.12°C

• 1.95 °C

• 5128 °C

Copper, Stainless Steel, Carbon Steel, and Zinc were all heated using the same thermal energy.  What material would be the coolest after being heated?

• Copper
• Carbon Steel
• Zinc
• Stainless Steel

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NGSS.HS-PS3-4

_______________ describes how much energy is required to raise one kilogram of a substance by one degree (C or K).

• Conduction

• Convection

• Specific Heat Capacity

• Radiation

A pot of 2400g of water at a temperature of 25˚C is heated on a stove until the water boils (100˚C). The specific heat capacity of water is 4180 kJ/(g˚C).

Determine the heat energy needed to heat the water in the pot to boiling.

• 133.76J

• 43,062.2J

• 752,400J

• 1,003,200J

Specific heat capcity of water is 4180 kJ/g°C. Specific heat capacity of wood is 1760 kJ/g°C What material needs more heat energy to raise the temperature?

• Water

• Wood

• Both are same

The temperature of an unknown piece of metal with a mass of 30.00 g changes from 25.0 °C to 35.0 °C when the metal absorbs 350.0 J of energy. What is the specific heat of the metal?

• 1.17 J/g°C

• -1.17 J/g°C

• 0.857 J/g°C

• -0.857 J/g°C

___________ is measured by the unit joules.

• Heat energy

• Temperature

• Specific heat