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The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a sample of water is referred to as the

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Specific heat is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a sample of water.
joule is the SI unit to measure the amount of heat. Specific heat is also known as Specific heat Capacity, it is the heat per unit mass to increase temperature of one degree Celsius. We can calculate the specific heat capacity by using this formula: E = mcθ
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