Question

The specific heat of a substance is the heat that must be absorbed to increase the temperature of 1 gram of a substance by 1 degree Celsius. TRUE FALSE

Answer 1

True.

Step-by-step explanation:

Specific heat is the amount of heat required to raise one gram of a particular substance by one degree Celsius or Kelvin.

Formula for calculating specific heat is the amount of heat absorbed or released = mass x specific heat x change in temperature.

= m * Cp * delta T