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Specific Heat Lab

Last updated about 5 years ago
22 questions
During this simulation lab, we will be looking at different materials and seeing how their change in temperature is affected by changing the mass and how they are heated. We will also explore how specific heat changes when the mass or amount of time is changed.
Substance 1: Wood
During the video you will record the mass, change in temperature, and amount of heat applied.
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What was the mass of the wood?

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what was the change in temperature?

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How many joules of heat were applied to the wood?

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Calculate the specific heat of the wood? (put your answer in 3 sig figs)

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What was the mass of the wood?

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What was the change in temperature

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How many joules of heat were applied to the wood?

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Calculate the specific heat of the wood? (put your answer in 3 sig figs)

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When the mass of the wood was doubled, what happened to the change in temperature, when the amount of heat remained constant?

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When the mass of the wood was doubled, what happened to the specific heat, when the amount of heat remained constant?

Substance 2: Copper
During the video you will record the mass, change in temperature, and amount of heat applied.
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What was the mass of the copper?

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What was the change in temperature?

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How many joules of heat were applied to the copper?

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Calculate the specific heat of the copper? (put your answer in 3 sig figs)

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What was the mass of the copper?

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What was the change in temperature in this experiment?

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How many joules of heat were applied to the copper?

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Calculate the specific heat of the copper? (put your answer in 3 sig figs)

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When the mass of copper remained the same, but the amount of heat applied increased by 5x, what happened to the change in temperature of copper?

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When the mass of copper remained the same, but the amount of heat applied increased by 5x, what happened to the specific heat of copper?

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Look at the two wood trials and two copper trials, does the specific heat of a specific substance change?

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Look at the first wood trial (250J and 5g) and the second copper trial (250J and 5g), which substance had the biggest change in temperature? Why?