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JS Specific Heat Capacity KS3

Here are 3 exam-style questions for you to practice: 1. A 1.5 kg sample of water at 20°C is heated until its temperature reaches 60°C. Calculate the energy required. 2. A metal block has a mass of 2 kg and its temperature increases from 30°C to 50°C. If 1200 J of energy was required, calculate the specific heat capacity of the metal. 3. A sample of an unknown substance with a mass of 0.5 kg requires 2400 J of energy to increase its temperature from 15°C to 35°C. Calculate the specific heat capacity of the substance. Take 15 minutes to work through these questions and check your answers. Let me know

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JS Specific Heat Capacity KS3

Here are 3 exam-style questions for you to practice: 1. A 1.5 kg sample of water at 20°C is heated until its temperature reaches 60°C. Calculate the energy required. 2. A metal block has a mass of 2 kg and its temperature increases from 30°C to 50°C. If 1200 J of energy was required, calculate the specific heat capacity of the metal. 3. A sample of an unknown substance with a mass of 0.5 kg requires 2400 J of energy to increase its temperature from 15°C to 35°C. Calculate the specific heat capacity of the substance. Take 15 minutes to work through these questions and check your answers. Let me know

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Title: Specific heat capacity

Learning Objective: Today I am learning how heat energy increases


temperature and how to calculate specific heat capacity
Starter:
Key words
Specific Heat Capacity
Heating
Mass
Temperature
Thermal
Heat
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Answers

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Heat vs Temperature
What is the difference?
Watch this video and write down the definitions.
The thermal energy contained in an object
• HEAT: ____________________________
A measure of how hot something is
• TEMPERATURE:_____________________

When heat energy is transferred to an object, its


temperature will increase
Lesson outcomes:
• To be able to use the specific heat capacity equations.
• To know this is used when a substance is heated or cooled whilst in a
state of matter.
How does energy affect materials?
Do different materials need the same amount of energy to increase their temperature by
the same amount?
To increase the To increase the
temperature of 1 kg of temperature of 1 kg
water by 1°C, requires of copper by 1°C,
4200 J. requires 390 J.

Water and copper require different amounts of energy because they have different values
for a property called specific heat capacity.
It is the amount of energy required to increase the temperature
of 1 kg of a material by 1°C.
So, the specific heat capacity for water is 4200 J/kg°C
and for copper is 390 J/kg°C.
SAME amount of
HEAT ENERGY

Small Large
TEMPERATURE RISE TEMPERATURE RISE

WATER SAND

Putting the same amount of heat into some materials can give
a different temperature rise than in other materials
Comparing water and cooking oil
1kg of water 1kg of cooking oil
30° 60°
rise rise

50oC
20 20
80o0 C

….heating
Same amount of heat is applied for 1 minute
What would we need to do to make the
water temperature rise as much as oil?
1kg of water 1kg of cooking oil
60° 60°
rise rise

20ooC
80 80o0C
20 C

Heat for 2 minutes Heat for 1 minute


Specific heat capacity is
how many Joules (J) of heat energy are needed to raise the
temperature of each kilogram (kg) of a material by 1°C

How many 1 kg
Joules ?

1°C
rise
Specific heat capacity equation
Change in specific heat temperature
= mass x capacity x change
thermal energy

E = m x c x Δθ
• E = energy (J)
• m = mass (kg)
• c = specific heat capacity (J/kg)
• Δθ = change in temperature (°C)
Worked example
Change in thermal energy = mass x specific heat capacity x temperature change

A 1 kg block of Compound A is heated, increasing


its temperature by 1 °C. It has a specific heat
capacity of 1000J/kgoC

How much energy has been added to the block?


Now you try:
1. The specific heat capacity of water is 4200J/Kg°C.
Calculate the amount of energy required to raise
0.5kg of water by 20°C.

2. The specific heat capacity of water is 4200J/Kg°C. Convert


Calculate the amount of energy required to raise 300g to kg!
300g of water by 50°C.

3. The specific heat capacity of water is 4200J/Kg°C. Change in


Calculate the amount of energy required to raise temperature
0.5kg of water from 20°C up to 80°C. 80-20 = 60OC
Self assessment

The specific heat capacity of water is 4200J/Kg°C. Calculate


Q1 the amount of energy required to raise 0.5kg of water by 20°C.

E = m x c x Δθ
E = 0.5 x 4200 x 20
E = 42000 J
Self assessment

The specific heat capacity of water is 4200J/Kg°C. Calculate


Q2 the amount of energy required to raise 300g of water by 50°C.

Convert E = m x c x Δθ
300g to kg!
E = 0.3 x 4200 x 50
E = 63000 J
Self assessment

The specific heat capacity of water is 4200J/Kg°C. Calculate


Q3 the amount of energy required to raise 0.5kg of water from
20°C up to 80°C.
Change in
temperature E = m x c x Δθ
80-20 = 60OC
E = 0.5 x 4200 x 60
E = 126000 J
Change in thermal energy = mass x specific heat capacity x temperature change

J Kg J/kg °C °C

Rearrange the equation:

Mass =

Specific heat capacity =

Temperature change =
Change in thermal energy = mass x specific heat capacity x temperature change

J Kg J/kg °C °C

Rearrange the equation:


Mass = change in thermal energy/(specific heat capacity x temperature change)

Specific heat capacity = change in thermal energy/(mass x temperature change)

Temperature change = change in thermal energy/(specific heat capacity x mass)


Worked example 2:
Temperature change = change in thermal energy/(specific heat capacity x mass)

A 1 kg block of Compound A is heated,


increasing its energy by 1000 Joules. It has a
specific heat capacity of 1000J/kgoC

How much warmer does it get?


Worked example 3:
Specific heat capacity = change in thermal energy/(mass x temperature change)

A 1 kg block of Compound A is heated,


increasing its temperature by 1 °C and uses
2000 Joules of energy to do so.

What is the specific heat capacity of


Compound B?
THE HEAT IS ON!
For each of the following questions, work out the material that is
shown in the anagram and its specific heat capacity

P R OC E P 6kg of this material needs 5940J of thermal


energy to increase in temperature by 3°C

It takes 6000J of thermal energy to


I L O increase 2kg of this liquid from 19°C to
21°C

1000kg of this material needs 88000J of


NET CROCE thermal energy to increase in temperature
by 0.1°C
Specific heat capacities
Material Specific heat capacity (J/kg °C)

PROCEP Copper 330


I L O Oil 1500
NETCROCE Concrete 880
Task 1 – 15 minutes then SA with purple pen
Task 1 – 15 minutes then SA with purple pen
ANSWERS: Write any corrections in purple pen
Task 2 – 15 minutes then SA with purple pen
Task 2 – 15 minutes then SA with purple pen
Progress check:

Answer all questions on


the printed sheet.
1. Show working out
2. Give the correct unit
Progress check 1: Answers
1a. Lower SHC

1b. Higher SHC Total this score


1c. Lower SHC 0-2 3-5 6-7
correct correct correct
2a. 54000 J

2b. 8400 J Make a note of the colour for your


2c. 510000 J score.

2d. 504000 J 0-2 : answer questions 1 to 5

3-5 : answer questions 3 to 7

6-7 : answer questions 7 to 10


Demonstration:
Demonstration: ANSWERS
1) 7600 J
2) 168000 J
3) 400000 J
4) 189000 J
5) 9.52 0C (3 s.f.)
6) 0173 kg (3 s.f.)
7) 100 J/kg0C
8) 80 0C
9) 46 0C
10) Stone has a high specific heat capacity, so during the day the stone
absorbs a lot of energy to raise it’s temperature through every 1 0C. So it
releases this energy very slowly at night.
96,000J

3O C

2kg

144,000J

250 J/kgoC

124.44444 J/kgoC
Exam question practice:

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