Heat Capacity

T/F: Different materials require different amounts of energy to raise their temperature the same amount.

• True

• False

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Which of the two has a higher specific heat requiring more energy?

• Liquid water 4.18 Joules/ gram C°

• Copper 0.38 Joules/ gram C°

• Granite 0.79 Joules/ gram C°

• Water vapor 2.00 Joules/ gram C°

Use the table: What is the specific heat of liquid water?

• 1.01 Joules/ gram C°

• 4.18 Joules/ gram C°

• 0.13 Joules/ gram C°

• 2.11Joules/ gram C°

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If a substance requires more energy to raise its temperature, will it take a longer or shorter time to heat up?

• Longer

• Shorter

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Which will be the hardest to heat up?

• water

• lead

• granite

• iron

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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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Which statement defines the thermal capacity (heat capacity) of a solid body?

• the energy needed to melt the body without a change in temperature

• the energy needed to raise the temperature of the body by one degree Celsius

• the increase in the volume of the body when its temperature is raised by one degree Celsius

• the total amount of internal energy in the body

The specific heat capacity of a substance is the quantity of heat required to

• melt 1 kg of the substance.

• raise the temperature of the substance by 1⁰C.

• raise the temperature of 1 kg of the substance by 1⁰C.

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Which will be the easiest to heat up?

• copper

• granite

• iron

• basalt

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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?

• 6.45 J/(g•°C)

• 6.45 J

• 16.1 J/(g•°C)

• d.16.1 J

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