WorksheetsSpecific Heat Capacity
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
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)
Venti
All three are the same temperature so they have same thermal energy
The amount of energy required to raise the temperature 1ºC for every kilogram is called____?
Thermal Energy
Specific Heat Capacity
Temperature
Heat Capacity
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.
Which will be the easiest to heat up?
copper
granite
iron
basalt
Which will be the hardest to heat up?
water
lead
granite
iron
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
The temperature of a 6.0 g sample of glass changed from 20.0°C to 45.0°C when it absorbed 550 J of heat. What is the specific heat capacity of this glass?
0.27 J/g °C
3.7 J/g °C
130 J/g °C
12 J/g °C
Specific heat of water is 4.18 J/g°C. Specific heat of wood is 1.760 J/g°C. What material needs more heat energy to raise the temperature?
Water
Wood
Both are same
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
What is the specific heat capacity of a substance?
The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of the substance by 1°C
The amount of heat required to melt 1 kg of the substance
The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of the substance by 1°C
The amount of heat required to vaporize 1 kg of the substance
Which of the following materials has the highest specific heat capacity?
Copper
Aluminum
Water
Iron
If 500 J of heat is added to 2 kg of a substance, and its temperature rises by 5°C, what is the specific heat capacity of the substance?
50 J/kg°C
25 J/kg°C
100 J/kg°C
10 J/kg°C
Why is water often used as a coolant in industrial processes?
It has a low specific heat capacity
It has a high specific heat capacity
It is a good conductor of electricity
It is inexpensive
A metal block requires 2000 J of energy to increase its temperature by 10°C. If the mass of the block is 5 kg, what is its specific heat capacity?
40 J/kg°C
20 J/kg°C
10 J/kg°C
50 J/kg°C
Which of the following statements is true about specific heat capacity?
It is the same for all substances
It depends on the mass of the substance
It is a measure of how much heat energy a substance can store
It is higher for metals than for non-metals
