Question

Calculate heat required to raise the temperature of $1$ g of water by $1^{o}C$?

Answer 1

The specific heat of a substance is the number of calories needed to raise the temperature of one gram by 1^oC. Because one degree on the Celsius scale is equal to one Kelvin, specific heats in the metric system can be reported in units of either cal/g-^oC or cal/g-K