The amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of a substance by 1 kelvin is called its
a. specific heat.
b. heat transfer.
c. change of state.
d. melting point.

The amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of a substance by 1 Kelvin is called the specific heat. The answer is a. For example, water. Water has a specific heat of 4.18 Joules per kilogram per Kelvin. This means that in order for water to change from one state to the other at one kelvin, it needs 4.18 Joules of energy per one kilogram of water. But it does not apply to changes in phase, because the heat added or removed during a phase change does not change the temperature of a substance.