Specific Heat Practice

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

• Thermal Energy
• Specific Heat
• Temperature
• Kinetic Energy

Water has a specific heat of 4184 J/KgºC.  Wood has a specific heat of 1760 J/KgºC.  What material needs more energy to raise the temperature 1ºC

• Wood
• Water
• Both are the same

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.MS-PS1-4

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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According to the ESRT, which material would require the most heat energy to increase the temperature of 1 gram of the material one Celsius degree?

• Ice

• Water

• Basalt

• Granite

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which material would require the greatest amount of heat energy to raise its temperature from 5^oC to 10^oC? [Refer to the Earth Science Reference Tables.]

• Iron

• Lead

• Granite

• Dry Air

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How do the rates of warming and cooling of land surfaces compare to the rates of warming and cooling of ocean surfaces?

• Land surfaces warm faster and cool more slowly

• land surfaces warm more slowly and cool faster

• land surfaces warm faster and cool faster

• land surfaces warm more slowly and cool more slowly

The same amount of heat energy is added to equal masses of lead, iron, basalt and water at room temperature. Which substance will have the smallest change in temperature?

• lead

• iron

• basalt

• water

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

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Five-gram samples of granite, basalt, iron and copper at room temperature are placed in a beaker of boiling water. Which sample would reach a temperature of 60 degrees first?

• copper

• iron

• granite

• basalt

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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When the Sun sets, which material would cool down the fastest, assuming they have the same mass and initial temperature?

• a metal manhole cover

• a puddle of water

• A pile of sand

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