(a) Define specific heat. Specific heat is defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance__________ kelvin. (b) Explain what is meant by saying the specific heat of water is 4.18 J/g·K. ___________ gram(s) of water must absorb 4.18 J/g·K of heat to raise its temperature_________kelvin. (c) Assuming the specific heat of a substance is constant, what will happen to the quantity of heat transferred if the following occur. (i) We wish to heat more than 1 g of water 1 K. The quantity of heat transferred will  (increase or decrease) (ii) We wish to heat a 1 g mass of water to 2 K rather than 1 K. The quantity of heat transferred will   (increase or decrease) Specific heat is defined by the equation  Cs =  q mΔT  where Cs is the specific heat, q is the quantity of heat transferred, m is the mass of the substance in grams, and ΔT is the temperature change.

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(a) Define specific heat.

Specific heat is defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance__________ kelvin.


(b) Explain what is meant by saying the specific heat of water is 4.18 J/g·K.

___________ gram(s) of water must absorb 4.18 J/g·K of heat to raise its temperature_________kelvin.


(c) Assuming the specific heat of a substance is constant, what will happen to the quantity of heat transferred if the following occur.

(i) We wish to heat more than 1 g of water 1 K.
The quantity of heat transferred will  (increase or decrease)

(ii) We wish to heat a 1 g mass of water to 2 K rather than 1 K.
The quantity of heat transferred will   (increase or decrease)


Specific heat is defined by the equation 

Cs = 
q
mΔT

 where Cs is the specific heat, q is the quantity of heat transferred, m is the mass of the substance in grams, and ΔT is the temperature change.

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