General Physics (Specific Heat Exam)

10/19/2026

Temperature, Mass, and State of Matter

What drives Thermal Energy?

Heat Capacity

C is known as the?

J/Celsius

Unit of Heat Capacity

Heat Transferred

Q is known as the?

Joules

The unit of Heat Transferred?

Specific Heat

The energy required to heat just 1 unit of mass of a substance.

Joules

What is the unit of Heat?

Q = mc change in T

Formula with specific heat

C = Q / Change in T

Formula with heat capacity

High Specific Heat

Hard to heat up. Heats and cools very slowly.

Low Specific Heat

Easy to heat up. Changes temperature rapidly.

Joules

The official SI unit for all heat and energy in science.

Calories (cal)

Older unit associated with heating water.

British Thermal Unit (btu)

Traditional industrial unit.

Calorimeter

A device designed to measure heat involved in physical and chemical changes.