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Complete the following sentence.
The specific heat capacity of a substance is the amount of energy required to
change the ....
of one kilogram of the
substance by one degree Celsius.
The specific heat capacity of a substance is the amount of energy required to change the temperature of one kilogram of the substance by one degree Celsius.
This quantity is an intensive property of matter and it has very significant effect on matter behaves.
A body with a large specific heat capacity will require a high amount of heat to cause significant increase in its temperature. An example is water.
Conductors generally have low specific heat capacity.
