Practice Specific Heat Capacity (10.2) - Quantity of Heat - ICSE 11 Engineering Science

Practice: Specific Heat Capacity

Lesson 10.2Quantity of Heat

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Question 1.
What is specific heat capacity?
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Think of how much heat it takes to raise the temperature.
Question 2.
What is the formula for specific heat capacity?
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Recall what each letter stands for!
3Question 3.
What is specific heat capacity?
- Heat needed to change the temperature of a unit mass
- Total heat capacity of a system
- Energy lost in temperature change
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Reflect on what it measures in terms of temperature change.
4Question 4.
True or False: The specific heat capacity of water is lower than that of metals.
- True
- False
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Consider the properties of water versus metals.
Question 5.
If a 3 kg block of wood with a specific heat capacity of 2 J/g°C is heated from 10°C to 50°C, how much heat is required?
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Ensure mass is in grams when using specific heat capacity in that unit.
Question 6.
A scientist measures the specific heat capacity of an unknown metal, using a heating coil. The metal has a mass of 4 kg and it takes 8,000 J to raise its temperature from 25°C to 75°C. What is the specific heat capacity?
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Apply the formula carefully with unit conversions.

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