Question

Heat was given to a body, which raises its temperature by 1°C is ___________

(a) Water equivalent

(b) Temperature gradient

(c) Thermal capacity

(d) Specific heat

This question was posed to me in class test.

I'd like to ask this question from Latent Heat topic in chapter Kinetic Theory of Gases of Engineering Physics I

Answer 1

Right choice is (c) Thermal capacity

For explanation I would say: Heat required to raise the temperature of a body through 1°C is called thermal capacity.