8.5 - Specific Heat Capacity
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Practice Questions
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What is specific heat capacity?
💡 Hint: Think about how different materials heat differently.
What does Q stand for in the formula Q = mcΔT?
💡 Hint: What are we measuring in energy?
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What does specific heat capacity measure?
💡 Hint: Think about heat transfer.
True or False: The higher the specific heat capacity, the quicker a material heats up.
💡 Hint: Consider examples like water and metals.
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Challenge Problems
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A 4 kg block of aluminum (specific heat capacity = 900 J/kg·°C) is heated from 15°C to 95°C. How much heat is required?
💡 Hint: Use the specific heat equation and remember to calculate ΔT.
If 5000 J of heat is added to a substance with a specific heat capacity of 500 J/kg·°C, what mass of the substance was heated if it increased by 10°C?
💡 Hint: Rearrange the formula to solve for mass.
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