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Specific heat capacity
Understand that when the temperature of an object increases, its internal energy also rises.
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CambridgeIGCSEPhysicsThermal physics
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- Understand that when the temperature of an object increases, its internal energy also rises.
- Explain how the temperature rise of an object relates to the increase in the average kinetic energy of its particles.
- Define specific heat capacity as the energy needed to raise the temperature of one unit mass by one degree; remember and apply the formula ∆ E = c ∆ m θ.
- Outline methods for conducting experiments to determine the specific heat capacity of both solids and liquids.
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