Specific Heat

What is the equation to measure change in Thermal Energy?

• Q=mc∆t
• Q=mc
• Q= ∆mct
• m=QC

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NGSS.HS-PS3-4

There are four cups of hot cocoa. The cup sizes are shown. The temperature of the cocoa in each cup is 25 degrees celsius. Which cup has the MOST thermal energy?

• Large cup (Trenta)
• Small cup (Tall)
• Medium cup (Venti)
• All three are the same temperature so they have the same thermal energy

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NGSS.HS-PS3-4

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
• 50 J

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NGSS.HS-PS3-4

20 g of water. specific heat of water is 4.18 J/g°C.  temperature changes from 25° C to 20° C, how much heat energy (Q) moves from the water to the surroundings?

• 418 Joules
• 209 J
• 83 J
• 4.18 J

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NGSS.HS-PS3-4

The specific heat(c) of copper is 0.39 J/g °C. What is the temperature change(∆t) when 100 Joules of heat(Q) is added to 20 grams of copper?

• 12.82 °C
• 24.12°C
• 351 °C

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NGSS.HS-PS3-1

What is the change in temperature when 50,000 Joules of energy is added to 200 grams of water at 25 C?

• 0.016 C
• 1,500 C
• 63 C
• 0.4 C

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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.HS-PS3-4

How much liquid water can you change 20 C if you apply 20,000 J?

• 500 g
• 100,000 g
• 250 g
• 350 g

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NGSS.HS-PS3-4

The specific heat of platinum is 0.133 J/g°C. How much heat(Q) 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

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