Specific Heat is equal...?

[EmpressJan]

to the amount of heat needed to:a. raise one gram one calorieb. lower one gram one caloriec. raise the density one gramd. raise gram one degree Ce. lower the density one degree C=======Ok, don't yell at me for asking for homework help, but this class is about Earth Science (geology stuff), & we have all these odd questions to answer - & yes I went to Answers & Ask.com for this.TYok, we have a consensus on D.

[Steve4787]

dIf I remember correctly, specific heat is the amount of heat required to raise 1 mole of a substance one degree C.

[Stephane]

The specific heat is generaly the amount of energy needed to raise a kg of a substance by one degree C, but depending on units it can be one gram. Therfore the answer is d).

[KaranC]

specific heat, is the measure of the heat energy required to increase the temperature of a unit quantity of a substance by a certain temperature interval.

[josyul0263610]

Answer"a.) raise one gram one caloie