Specific Heat
Learning Objective
I can apply the concept of specific heat to real-world examples, such as determining how easily different materials heat up in Lab 15A.
Practice Questions
This lesson includes 7 practice questions to reinforce learning.
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1. Define specific heat in your own words. What does a high specific heat value tell you about a substance's ability to heat up or cool down?
2. Explain, using the concept of specific heat, why the sand at the beach gets hotter than the water on a sunny day.
3. A 50.0 g block of aluminum absorbs 1000 J of heat. If the initial temperature of the aluminum is 25.0 °C, and the specific heat of aluminum is 0.900 J/g°C, what is the final temperature of the aluminum?
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