Specific Heat capacity

Question 1

What is specific heat capacity?

Answer 1

The specific heat capacity of a substance is the energy needed to raise the temperature of 1kg of the substance by 1*C

Question 2

What does E stand for?

Answer 2

Energy

Question 3

What does m stand for?

Answer 3

mass

Question 4

What does c stand for?

Answer 4

Specific heat capacity

Question 5

What does θ stand for?

Answer 5

Theta

Question 6

What is theta?

Answer 6

The temperature difference.

Question 7

What is the unit of energy?

Answer 7

Joules (J)

Question 8

What’s the unit of mass?

Answer 8

Kilograms (kg)

Question 9

What’s the unit of theta?

Answer 9

In this case *C

Question 10

What’s the unit of specific heat capacity?

Answer 10

J/kg*C

Question 11

What’s the equation if your trying to work out the energy?

Answer 11

E= m X c X θ

Question 12

What’s the equation if your trying to work out the mass?

Answer 12

E
______ = m
c X θ

Question 13

What’s the equation if your trying to work out the specific heat capacity?

Answer 13

E
______ = c
m X θ

Question 14

What’s the equation if your trying to work out theta?

Answer 14

E
______ = θ
m X c

Question 15

When a substance is heated its temperature rise depends on what?

Answer 15

1. Material of the substance
2. The mass of the substance
3. How much energy is supplied to warming it up.