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3. What is specific heat? What are the units of specific heat?
4 What is 'Q? What are the units for 'Q'? Which has more total heat, a jacuzzi or the
Atlantic ocean?
5. How much energy is needed to raise the temperature of a 20.0g piece of copper from
15.0 degrees Celsius to 25.0 degrees celsius? (The specific heat of copper is 0.385 J/g
C) *
6. What is the specific heat of a 25.0 gram substance that absorbs 1250 Joules and
changes temperature from 16.0 degrees Celsius to 56.0 degrees Celsius?
7. Calculate the change in temperature when 812 Joules of heat is absorbed by a 20.0g of
ice.
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Transcribed Image Text:Styles Edi 3. What is specific heat? What are the units of specific heat? 4 What is 'Q? What are the units for 'Q'? Which has more total heat, a jacuzzi or the Atlantic ocean? 5. How much energy is needed to raise the temperature of a 20.0g piece of copper from 15.0 degrees Celsius to 25.0 degrees celsius? (The specific heat of copper is 0.385 J/g C) * 6. What is the specific heat of a 25.0 gram substance that absorbs 1250 Joules and changes temperature from 16.0 degrees Celsius to 56.0 degrees Celsius? 7. Calculate the change in temperature when 812 Joules of heat is absorbed by a 20.0g of ice. DiFocus 12
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