The amount of heat required to raise a single mass unit of a substance by a single temperature unit is known as what?

• Correct Answer: solitary heat
• temperature variation
• specific gravity
• specific heat

Explanation: When heat flows into an object, its thermal energy increases and so does its temperature. The amount of temperature increase depends on three things: 1) how much heat was added, 2) the size of the object, and 3) the material of which the object is made. When you add the same amount of heat to the same mass of different substances, the amount of temperature increase is different. Each substance has a specific heat, which is the amount of heat necessary to raise one mass unit of that substance by one temperature unit.

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