AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The specific heat is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 g of substance by one degree Celsius or one Kelvin.

Detailed explanation-2: -Quantitative experiments show that 4.18 Joules of heat energy are required to raise the temperature of 1g of water by 1°C.

Detailed explanation-3: -From this, we know now that it takes 4.184 joules to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree Celsius-that’s the specific heat capacity of water.

Detailed explanation-4: -One calorie is defined as the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree Celsius at a pressure of one atmosphere.