Q.1.
Substances with a low specific heat capacity can store how much thermal energy?
Q.2.
As well as the specific heat capacity, what else affects the amount of thermal energy a material can store?
Q.3.
What symbol is used to represent the specific heat capacity of a material?
Q.4.
What are the units of specific heat capacity?
Q.5.
In a laboratory experiment, a group of students used a copper block with a hole drilled in for a thermometer and a second hole in for the heater. Which of the following is to calculate the specific heat capacity?
Q.6.
The specific heat capacity of water is 4,200 J/kg C. The specific heat capacity of mineral oil is 2,100 J/kg C. Based on this information, which statement is ?
Q.7.
How much energy must be transferred to raise the temperature of 2 kg of water from 27 C to 40 C? Water has a heat capacity of 4,200 J/kg C
Q.8.
A homeowner uses a wood burning stove to heat his house. The casing of the stove gets hot when the wood inside is burning and is made from 120 kg of cast iron. It took 3,276 kJ of energy to raise the temperature of the stove casing from 18 C to 70 C. What is the specific heat capacity of the cast iron in J/kg C?
Q.9.
When a particular car engine is working normally, 1.5 kg of coolant at a temperature of 114 C with a specific heat capacity of the of 3,800 J/kg C passes through the radiator each second. If 91.2 kJ of energy is transferred to the surroundings, what is the temperature of the coolant leaving the radiator?
Q.10.
A block of copper was heated from 18 C to 33 C using 35 thousand joules of energy. The specific heat capacity of copper is 385 J/kg C. What was the mass of the block of copper?