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4.2 Specific Heat Capacity

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The specific heat of platinum is 133 J kg-1°C-1. How much heat(Q) is released when a 10 g piece of platinum cools from 100°C to 50°C?

a)

66.5 J

b)

665 J

c)

0.0266 J

d)

0.665 J

2.

20 g of water. specific heat of water is 4200 J kg-1°C-1. temperature changes from 25° C to 20° C, how much heat energy (Q) moves from the water to the surroundings?

a)

418 J

b)

430 J

c)

420 J

d)

42000 J

3.

The SI units J kg-1°C-1 measures

a)

Specific heat capacity

b)

Heat capacity

c)

temperature

d)

heat energy

4.

The specific heat(c) of copper is 390  J kg1°C1J\ kg^{-1}\degree C^{-1}  . What is the temperature change when 100 J of heat  is applied on the 20 g of copper?

a)

12 °C

b)

24.12°C

c)

1.95 °C

d)

12.82 °C

5.
Copper, Stainless Steel, Carbon Steel, and Zinc were all heated using the same thermal energy.  What material would be the coolest after being heated?
a)
Copper
b)
Carbon Steel
c)
Zinc
d)
Stainless Steel
6.

_______________ states that the amount of heat energy is required to raise 1 kg of object's temperature of 1°C.

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Specific heat capacity

d)

Heat capacity

7.

The temperature of an unknown piece of metal with a mass of 30 g changes from 25 °C to 35 °C when the metal absorbs 350 J of energy. What is the specific heat capacity of the metal?

a)

1166.7 J kg-1°C-1

b)

-1.17 J kg-1°C-1

c)

-1166.7 J kg-1°C-1

d)

-0.857 J kg-1°C-1

8.

The symbol for heat capacity is .......

a)

c

b)

Q

c)

C

d)

t

9.

Which material heats up slowest?

a)

Aluminium

b)

Concrete

c)

Diamond

d)

Glass

e)

Water

10.

Which material heats up quickest?

a)

Aluminium

b)

Concrete

c)

Diamond

d)

Glass

e)

Water

11.

What is the equation for specific heat capacity?

a)

Q=mcΔθQ=mc\Delta\theta

b)

Q=mcΔθQ=\frac{mc}{\Delta\theta}

c)

Q=ΔθmcQ=\frac{\Delta\theta}{mc}

d)

Q=cΔθmQ=\frac{c\Delta\theta}{m}

e)

Q=mΔcTQ=m\Delta cT

12.

1kg of water cools from 100°C to 20°C. Which of the following is true? [cwater = 4200 J kg-1°C-1]

a)

It gives out 336 kJ

b)

It gives out 336 MJ

c)

It takes in 336 kJ

d)

It takes in 336 MJ

e)

It doesn't take in or give out any energy

13.

2 kg of glass at a temperature of 20°C is given 84 000 J. What is the final temperature?

a)

+50°C

b)

-50°C

c)

-30°C

d)

70°C

e)

20°C

14.

In heat capacity or specific heat capacity equations, what does the triangle represent?

a)

Temperature

b)

energy

c)

mass

d)

change in

e)

change in temperature

15.

A piece of silver is heated to 87.36 oC and dumped into a calorimeter containing 65.86 g of water at a temperature of 24.03 oC. Calculate the mass of this silver sample if the final temperature of the silver and water are 28.69 oC.

(csilver = 235 J kg-1oC-1)

(cwater = 4200 J kg-1oC-1)

a)

0.0123 kg

b)

0.0935 kg

c)

93.500 kg

d)

14819 kg