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Specific Heat Capacity Investigation

Energy transfer diagram showing heating water

🔬 Part 1: Understanding Specific Heat Capacity

1. What is specific heat capacity?

The amount of energy needed to raise 1 kg of a substance by 1°C

How hot something can get

The weight of a substance

How fast something heats up

2. Which heats up faster when the same amount of energy is applied?

Water

Metal

They heat up at the same rate

3. Complete the sentence: The formula for energy transfer is Q = ______

mcΔT

m + c + T

m × T

c ÷ T

4. In the formula Q = mcΔT, what does each letter represent? Match the letters to their meanings:

Q = ________________

m = ________________

c = ________________

ΔT = ________________

Choose from: energy transferred, mass, specific heat capacity, temperature change

📊 Part 2: Practical Investigation Results

5. Record your experimental data:

Mass of water (m) = _______ kg

Initial temperature = _______ °C

Final temperature = _______ °C

Temperature change (ΔT) = _______ °C

Heating time = _______ minutes

6. What did you observe when heating the water?
7. If you doubled the mass of water, what would happen to the energy needed to heat it by the same temperature? Explain your answer.

🧮 Part 3: Applying Your Knowledge

8. Calculate the energy needed to heat 2 kg of water by 10°C. (Use c = 4200 J/kg°C for water)
9. True or False? Tick the correct statements:

Water has a high specific heat capacity

Metal spoons heat up quickly because they have low specific heat capacity

Doubling the mass doubles the energy needed

Specific heat capacity is measured in °C

10. Give one real-world example where understanding specific heat capacity is important:

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