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specific heat capacity

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the amount of heat a substance is able to absorb... water has a high specific heat; This means that you need to add alot of heat to water in order to change its temperature..

This is the reason that the water of our oceans is so good at regulating our planet's temperature by absorbing sunlight heat

Textbook definition: Heat capacity is the quantity of heat required to change the temperature of a substance by one degree.

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