Honors Character Specific Heat Review

What is the equation to measure change in Thermal Energy?

• Q=mc∆t
• Q=mc
• Q= ∆mct
• m=QC

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What is the specific heat of an unknown substance if 100.0 g of it at 200.0 °C reaches an equilibrium temperature of 27.1 °C when it comes in contact with a calorimeter of water.  The water weighs 75. g and had an initial temperature of 20.00 °C?  (Specific heat of water is 4.18 J/g°C) (show your work)

• 0.111 J/g°C
• 1.29 J/g°C
• 0.129 J/g°C
• 22225.85 J

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The Heat of Vibranium (Specific Heat: 0.50 J/g°C)

Black Panther finds a 250 g chunk of vibranium exposed to extreme heat. The temperature rises from 22°C to 127°C. How much heat energy did it absorb?

• 13,125 J

• 26,250 J

• 52,500 J

• 6,250 J

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Captain America’s Shield

Captain America’s shield (specific heat = 0.90 J/g°C) is heated and absorbs 18,000 J. If it weighs 5000 g and started at 15°C, what is its final temperature?

• 19°C

• 25°C

• 35°C

• 55°C

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Harley Quinn’s Chemical Mayhem

Harley Quinn heats up 150.0 g of mystery liquid from 20.0°C to 70.0°C. If she added 15,750 J of energy, what is the specific heat of the liquid?

• 1.5 J/g°C
• 0.9 J/g°C
• 3.0 J/g°C
• 2.1 J/g°C

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🕷️ Spider-Man’s Web Fluid

Spider-Man cools his synthetic web fluid from 80.0°C to 30.0°C, releasing 18,000 J of energy. The specific heat of the fluid is 1.80 J/g°C. What was the mass of the web fluid?

• 150 g
• 250 g
• 300 g
• 200 g

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🐘 Dumbo’s Golden Feather

Dumbo finds a 120.0 g gold feather (c = 0.13 J/g°C). If the feather warms from 25.0°C to 100.0°C, how much heat energy did it absorb?

• 500.0 J
• 1170.0 J
• 800.0 J
• 1500.0 J

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🐠 Finding Dory’s Ocean Adventure

While swimming, Dory warms some seawater from 18.0°C to 22.0°C, absorbing 2090 J of energy. If the specific heat of seawater is 4.184 J/g°C, what is the mass of the seawater?

• 124.9 g

• 200.2 g
• 150.0 g
• 100.5 g

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🦊 Nick Wilde’s Jumbo Pop Hustle

In Zootopia, Nick Wilde uses 2,400 J of energy to melt and warm a jumbo ice pop from -5.0°C to 35.0°C. If the ice pop has a specific heat of 0.60 J/g°C, what is the mass of the ice pop?

• 150 g
• 200 g
• 100 g
• 250 g

🚀 Buzz Lightyear’s Space Suit

Buzz Lightyear's space suit absorbs 12,000 J of heat. If the suit’s mass is 3000 g and the specific heat is 0.80 J/g°C, how much did the temperature of the suit increase?

• 8°C
• 3°C
• 10°C
• 5°C

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