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Alja [10]
3 years ago
12

The students in Ms. Hill's science class were investigating the properties of water. Juan dipped a finger in a beaker of water;

Sally dipped her finger in a beaker of alcohol. They both streaked the lab bench with the liquids on their fingers and watched to see which liquid disappeared or evaporated first. The alcohol evaporated quickly, leaving the water streak on the lab bench for several minutes. What unique property of water was illustrated by this simple experiment? A) buoyancy B) specific heat C) surface tension D) capillary action
Biology
1 answer:
tino4ka555 [31]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

B) specific heat

Explanation:

The specific heat of a substance is how much heat per unit mass it need to elevate its temperature by one degree Celsius. Its units are joule per kelvin and kilogram, J/(K kg). <em>In the example given you can observe that water need more heat in order to evaporate compared to the alcohol.</em>

I hope you find this information useful and interesting! Good luck!

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