Heat Capacity Practice Problems-Worksheet 4
Name: ____________________________________________________ Period: ______________________
SHOW ALL WORK FOR FULL CREDIT! Remember to include units in your answers. Round
answers to the proper number of significant figures.
Substance
Water
Aluminum
Iron
Steam
Mercury
Chloroform
Grain Alcohol
Silver
Ice
Specific Heat (J/g x °C)
4.18
0.90
0.46
1.7
0.14
0.96
2.4
0.24
2.1
1. How much heat will be absorbed by 25g of chloroform when its temperature started
at 67.0°C and after it was 112.0°C?
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SF answer:_______________
2. How much heat will be absorbed by 130g of Mercury when its temperature started at
24.0°C and after it was 78.0°C?
Calculator answer:_______________
SF answer:_______________
3. If the temperature of a 95.00 g sample of Iron started at 36.0°C and ended at 58.0°C,
how much heat would be lost?
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SF answer:_______________
4. What is the definition of Temperature? ______________________________________________
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5. What is the definition of Heat? ______________________________________________________
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6. Why can there never be a temperature less than 0 Kelvins? __________________________
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Heat Capacity Practice Problems-Worksheet 5
Name: ____________________________________________________ Period: ______________________
SHOW ALL WORK FOR FULL CREDIT!! Use the chart on the other side to answer the following
questions.
1. How much heat is absorbed from a 56.00 g sample of Mercury when its temperature
change is 289K?
Calculator answer:_______________
SF answer:_______________
2. If an 83.00 g sample of Iron has a starting temperature of 297K and an ending
temperature of 329K, how much heat will be lost from the iron sample?
Calculator answer:_______________
SF answer:_______________
3. If the heat absorbed, from a 59.00 g sample, is 4814.4J and the temperature changed
85.0°C, what is the sample’s specific heat? What was the sample?
Calculator answer:_______________
SF answer:_______________
Sample: __________________________
4. The heat absorbed by a sample of 55.00 g is 3908.3J and its starting temperature is
78.0°C and its ending temperature was 95.0°C. What is the specific heat of this sample and
what is the sample?
Calculator answer:_______________
SF answer:_______________
Sample____________________