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What does specific heat capacity measure?

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Energy changes in a system, and the ways energy is stored before and after such changes

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What does specific heat capacity measure?.

  1. A.The energy needed to raise the temperature of one kilogram of a substance by one degree Celsius
  2. B.The total energy stored in a substance
  3. C.The energy required to change a substance from solid to liquid
  4. D.The energy released when a substance cools down

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