specific heat capacity

What are the units for specific heat capacity?

• Kg/JºC

• J/KgºC

• N/mºC

• Watts

Copper, Stainless Steel, Carbon Steel, and Zinc were all heated using the same thermal energy.  What material would be the coolest after being heated?

• Copper
• Carbon Steel
• Zinc
• Stainless Steel

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

_______________ describes how much energy is required to raise an object's temperature.

• Conduction
• Convection
• Specific Heat
• Radiation

A pot of 2400g of water at a temperature of 25˚C is heated on a stove until the water boils (100˚C).  The specific heat of water is 4.18 J/(g˚C).
Determine the heat energy needed to heat the water in the pot to boiling.

• 133.76J
• 43,062.2J
• 752,400J
• 1,003,200J

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

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

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

___________ is measured by the unit Joules.

• Heat energy
• Temperature
• Specific heat

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NGSS.HS-PS3-4

A high specific heat means...

• It heats up quickly with energy added
• It requires more energy to change temperature

The symbol for specific heat is .......

• c
• Q
• m
• t

What unit do you use to measure Thermal Energy?

• J/Kg ºC
• Kg
• ºC
• J

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NGSS.HS-PS3-4

What is Specific Heat?

• The  amount of thermal energy required to increase the temperature of 1kg of a material by 1°C.
  
• The  amount of radiant energy required to increase the temperature of 1kgof a material by 1°C
• The  amount of energy required to increase the temperature of 1kgof a material by 1°C.
• The  amount of friction  required to increase the temperature of 1kgof a material by 1°C.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4