Specific heat Quiz

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

20 g of water. specific heat of water is 4.18 J/x°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

A material was cooled from 100ºC to 40ºC.  What is the temperature change?

• 60ºC
• 40ºC
• -60ºC
• -40ºC

A material was heated from 20ºC to 80ºC.  What is the temperature change?

• 60ºC

• 80ºC

• -60ºC

• -80ºC

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?

• 12.82 °C
• 24.12°C
• 351 °C

The specific heat is the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature one degree Celsius of a substance.

• True
• False