You boil one pot of water for vegetables on a stove and another pot of water for noodles. The pot for noodles contains twice as much water as the pot for vegetables. If the burners release exactly the same amount of heat.which of the following statements is false? A. The specific heat capacity of the water for the vegetables will be half of the specific heat capacity of the water for the noodles. B. The water for the noodles will take twice as long to boil. C. The burner the water for noodles is on will need to release twice as much energy as the burner with the water for the vegetables. D. The water for the noodles will need twice the energy to boil as the water for vegetables.

The false statement is **A. The specific heat capacity of the water for the vegetables will be half of the specific heat capacity of the water for the noodles.**<br /><br />Here's why:<br /><br />* **Specific heat capacity** is an intrinsic property of a substance. It describes how much energy is required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of that substance by 1 degree Celsius. The specific heat capacity of water is the same regardless of the amount of water you have. It doesn't change based on the volume or mass of the water.<br /><br />Let's look at why the other options are true:<br /><br />* **B. The water for the noodles will take twice as long to boil.** Since there's twice as much water for the noodles and the heat input is the same, it will take roughly twice as long to deliver enough energy to boil the larger volume.<br /><br />* **C. The burner the water for noodles is on will need to release twice as much energy as the burner with the water for the vegetables.** To raise the temperature of double the amount of water to the boiling point, double the energy is required.<br /><br />* **D. The water for the noodles will need twice the energy to boil as the water for vegetables.** This is a restatement of C and is also correct. More water requires more energy to boil, given the same starting temperature.<br />