To understand specific heat a little better lets consider the following questions. See how your intuition helps you as I lead you through a series of questions to explain specific heat.

Question #2:

Consider the two beakers containing water, both at the same initial temperature, say 25 degrees Celsius.

If the final temeprature of the water in both beakers is the same to which was the greater amount of heat added?

Click on Answer after you have you have made you choice to see if you agree.

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