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Question 15

The heat capacity of a substance is the energy

  • A.required to raise the temperature of a unit mass of the substance by one degree.
  • B.required to raise the temperature of the substance by one degree
  • C.absorbed by the substance at constant temperature
  • D.lost by a unit mass of the substance.
Objective

Question details

Exam body
WAEC
Subject
Physics
Year
1999
Question no.
#15
Type
Objective
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