Practice - Specific Heat Capacity: How Much Energy to Change Temperature?
Practice Questions
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What is specific heat capacity?
💡 Hint: Think about how much heat is needed to warm up water.
What are the units of specific heat capacity?
💡 Hint: Consider what happens when we heat one kilogram.
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What is specific heat capacity?
💡 Hint: It has to do with how substances respond to energy input.
True or False: Substances with high specific heat capacity heat quickly.
💡 Hint: Think about how water behaves in a hot environment.
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Challenge Problems
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You have 2 kg of aluminum with a specific heat capacity of 900 J kg⁻¹ °C⁻¹. How much energy is needed to raise its temperature from 25°C to 75°C?
💡 Hint: Follow the main formula, ensuring to correctly calculate ΔT.
A swimming pool holds 50,000 kg of water. How much energy is needed to increase its temperature by 1°C?
💡 Hint: Plug the values into the formula without missing any units.
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