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PRACTICE: ICR Specific Heat Practice

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 2hrs 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the equation to measure change in Thermal Energy?
a)
Q=mc∆t
b)
Q=mc
c)
Q= ∆mct
d)
m=QC
2.

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

a)

Wood

b)

Water

c)

Both are the same

3.
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
4.
When a  piece of aluminum foil is taken out of the oven and cools from 100° to 50°, What is the change in temperature?
a)
50°
b)
c)
100°
d)
150°
5.
The specific heat of aluminum is 0.21 J/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°?
a)
105 J
b)
10.5 J
c)
1.05 J
6.
20 g of water. specific heat of water is 4.18 J/x°C.  temperature changes from 25° C to 20° Chow much heat energy (Q) moves from the water to the surroundings?
a)
418 Joules
b)
209 J
c)
83 J
d)
4.18 J
7.

If the specific heat of water is 4,184 J/g∙°C, how much heat is required to increase the temperature of 1200 g of water from 23 °C to 39 °C?

a)

-80,371.2 J

b)

44,938.6 J

c)

80,371.2 J

d)

112,575.9 K

8.

During a Marvel movie marathon, Iron Man found that his suit required 12.35 J of energy to heat up a 6.67 g piece of an unknown metal from 35.0 Celsius to 42.8 Celsius. What is the specific heat of the unknown metal? Using his knowledge of metals, can you help him identify the unknown metal?

a)

Silver

b)

Adamantium

c)

Vibranium

d)

Uru

9.

How much heat is required to raise the temperature of 20.0 g of iron from 26.0 Celsius to 72.30 Celsius?

10.

When a 4.0 g sample of glass was heated from 22.6 Celsius to 63.9 Celsius, the glass was found to have absorbed 32 J of heat. What is the specific heat of this type of glass?

11.

You have TWO choices of materials for making handles for pots and pans.

Material X has a specific heat of 4.125 J/goC.

Material Z has a specific heat of 11.435 J/goC.

Which would be BEST for this purpose?

a)

X

b)

Z

c)

Both would work equally well

d)

Neither would work well

12.

How many Joules of energy are required to change 10 gram of water from 20 C to 90 C? (specific heat of water is 4.18 J/g * C)

a)
1400 J
b)

2,926 g

c)
210,000 J
d)

2,926 J

13.

The specific heat of platinum is 0.133 J/g°C. 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)

-66.50 J

c)

-0.0266 J

d)

0.665 J