Key term for Edexcel GCSE Biology, used in Food and Transport.
The amount of energy (in Joules) required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance by 1 degree Celsius. For water, this value is 4.2 J/g/°C.
Specific heat capacity appears in Edexcel GCSE Biology revision content for Key Concepts in Biology, especially Food and Transport and Calorimetry.
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