Question 16 of 21 Umar has two pans.each containing 500cm^3 of water. Pan 1 is made from copper and pan 2 is made from iron. Both have a mass of 1.5kg. Use the information in the table to help you determine which pan will require more energy to raise the temperature of the water to 100^circ C

Question Interpretation: Umar started off with two pans that are made of different materials (copper and iron) respectively. Each of these pans holds 500 cubic centimetres of water. Furthermore, we know that each pan weighs 1.5 kilograms. Our task is to find out which of these pans, given their specific heat capacities as described in the table below, will require more energy to heat to its water to 100 degrees Celsius. Answer: Knowing that energy (in Joules) can be calculated with the formula: We're not told the original temperature of the water in each pan, but since both pans will be heated to 100 degrees Celsius (so the temperature change is equal), and contain the same volume of water that doesn't matter - the variable nature of the water should affect both pans the same way.So, using the table provided each material's specific heat capacity is: - Copper (the first pan): 385 J/kg°C and - Iron (the second pan): 450 J/kg°C Since we know that the specific heat of a material represents the amount of heat or energy required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of the substance by 1 °C, we can see that it requires more energy to increase the temperature of the iron pan (because 450 J>385 J). Therefore, the Pan-2 which is the iron made pan will require more energy to raise the temperature of its contents to 100 degrees Celsius.Summary:pan-1's material is made from a lower specific heat capacity material (Copper: 385 J/kg°C) compared to pan-2's material (Iron: 450 J/kg°C).ope this answers to your question. Iron pan (pan-2) requires more energy to heat up its-contained water. To clarify these interception calculations: 1. The volume of pans didn't affect the heating since both pans maintain the same dimensions. 2. Since both pans are heated to reach the same exact temperature, then both should have equal water heating requirements.3. The result obtains from the specific heat capacity differences of the two materials that used to craft those two pans (copper and iron dividingly).We should consider the larger the heat capacity of a pan, besides to prolong the time needed to heat it up, it should consequently contain hotter contents under room conditions.This implicates that pan-2 Iron pan absorbs and retains more heat, concluding that heating the iron pan that filled in with the waters, will require more heating energy transferring. Ergo, pan-2 Iron More Energy absorbing.