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Every substance has a specific heat. The definition of specific heat is: The amount of energy, usually measured in calories, needed to raise the temperature of one gram of a certain substance by one degree Celsius.
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What does the specific heat of a substance?
The ability of a substance to hold heat.
What thermometer measures -specific heat of a substance -absolute temperature of substance -heat intensity?
specific heat thermometer
What does specific heat of a substance represent?
The ability of a substance to hold heat.
What factor most influence the amount of energy needed to change the temperature of a substance?
specific heat capacity
What is the ability of a substance to absorb heat energy is called?
Specific heat capacity describes how much heat energy that is needed to raise the temperature of material.
What does the specific heat of a substance?
The ability of a substance to hold heat.
What thermometer measures -specific heat of a substance -absolute temperature of substance -heat intensity?
specific heat thermometer
What does the specific heat of substance represent?
The ability of a substance to hold heat.
What does specific heat of a substance represent?
The ability of a substance to hold heat.
What does the specific heat of a substance represents?
The ability of a substance to hold heat.
How does specific heat of a substance relate to temperature change?
A substance with a high specific heat will easily change temperature.
How does the specific heat of a substance relate to temperature change?
A substance with a high specific heat will easily change temperature.
What is the amount of energy that it takes to raise temperature of 1gram of substance by 1 degree kelvin?
Heat energy, although almost any energy will become heat. The amount of energy required depends on the substance.
Will specific heat of 50 g of a substance be the same as or greater than the specific heat of 10 g of the same substance?
same
How do you use the word specific heat in a sentence?
The specific heat of a substance is the heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of the substance one degree centigrade.
Explain how the specific heat of a substance is determined?
specific heat is the amount of heat to be absorbed required to raise a substance 1 degree celsius. And by heat being absorbed, i mean energy, because specific heat is measured in joules
When the same quantity of heat is added per unit as does a substance having a lower specific heat warm more or less than a substance having a higher specific heat?
specific quantity
