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Referring to the table of specific heat values above, determine which of the following needs toabsorb the MOST energy to increase in temperature by 1°C.

Referring to the table of specific heat values above, determine which of the following-example-1

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The table shows a list of different substances and their corresponding specific heat.

The specific heat is defined as the quantity of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance by 1°C.

As we can see in this table, the substance that has the highest specific heat of this group is water, with the value 4.18 J/g°C. This means that in order to increase the temperature of 1g of water by 1°C it is needed 4.18 joules.

The answer is then:

The substance that absorbs more energy to increase in temperature by 1°C is water.

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