True or false? The calorie is defined as the amount of energy (heat) required to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree Celsius.

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Isn't that true. That is what I thought it was just looking at the units for a specific heat constant.

I thought I knew the standard definition of calorie until I looked it up to make sure before answering your question. Now I don't know what it is. There must be 10 definitions with SLIGHT differences between. I don't know how advanced this class is but I suspect most would count this as a true statement. The definition I grew up with is "the heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water from 15.5 to 16.5 C."

Heat is measured in colories =

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True. The calorie is indeed defined as the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree Celsius. This can be verified by referencing scientific sources or textbooks that explain the definition of a calorie.