Science Common Sense

1217 - What is specific heat in terms of temperature change when different materials are heated.

Imagine you have different objects like a metal spoon, a wooden pencil, and a glass cup. If you put them on the stove and heat them for the same amount of time, they won't all get equally hot.

That's because each material absorbs and releases heat in a different way. Specific heat is a measure of how much heat energy is needed to raise the temperature of a material by one degree.

For example, it takes less heat to make a metal spoon get hotter by one degree compared to a wooden pencil or a glass cup. That means the specific heat of metal is lower than that of wood or glass.