What is Specific Heat?
The amount of thermal energy required to increase the temperature of 1kg of a material by 1°C.
Which of the following is NOT true about heat?
A. Heat moves from hot to cold B. Heat is a form of energy C. Heat cannot be transferred D. Heat makes molecules speed up
c
A candle (system) loses 30 J of heat energy, how much energy is gained by the surroundings?
30 J
What does the law of conservation of energy state?
Energy cannot be created or destroyed only transferred.
A high specific heat means...
It requires more energy to change temperature
Object A has a specific heat of 4.45 J/g⁰C and object B has a specific heat of 1.82 J/g⁰C. Which object will heat up faster?
Object B, it has a lower specific heat
On a potential energy diagram, the products are lower in potential energy than the reactants. Is this reaction endothermic or exothermic?
Exothermic
What does a negative ΔH (heat of reaction)indicate?
How many Joules of energy are required to change 10 grams of liquid water from 20 °C to 90 °C? Specific heat of liquid water is 4.18 J / g °C.
2800 J
When a piece of aluminum foil is taken out of the oven and cools from 100° to 50°, What is the change in temperature or ΔT?
50°
On a potential energy diagram, the vertical distance from reactants to the high point is labeled. What is this energy called?
Activation energy
Is photosynthesis an endothermic or exothermic reaction? Explain
6CO2 + 6H2O + light -> 6O2 + C6H12O6
endothermic reaction since heat is on the reactant side
Which of the following best explains why the sand at the beach is hotter than the water? a) There is more sand than water at the beach. b) Sand has a lower specific heat than water. c) Sand has a higher specific heat than water. d) There is more water than sand at the beach.
b
Graphite has a specific heat of 0.709 J/g⁰C. If a 20 gram piece of graphite is cooled from 38⁰C to 18⁰C, how much energy was lost by the graphite?
283.6 J
A reaction’s reactants are at 220 kJ, the peak (high point) is at 360 kJ, and products are at 140 kJ. What is the activation energy?
A. 120 kJ B. 140 kJ C. 220 kJ D. 360 kJ
360 kJ - 220 kJ = 140 kJ
Room temperature water is 70 degrees F. What does the temperature tell us about atom vibrations?
Temp measures the average kinetic energy (vibrations).
A 2.0kg aluminium cube, is left in the sunlight and its temperature rises from 20∘C to 60∘C. How much energy has been transferred into the cube?
Aluminium has a specific heat capacity of 900J/(kg∘C).
720000J
How much energy is needed to raise the temperature of 0.20kg of cooking oil by 50∘C, if the specific heat capacity of this oil is 1800J/(kg∘C)?
18000 J
Using the values reactants 220 kJ and products 140 kJ, what is ΔH (heat of reaction)?
A. +80 kJ B. −80 kJ C. +360 kJ D. −360 kJ
140kJ - 220kJ = -80kJ
When does kinetic energy remain constant in an energy phase diagram?
During phase changes