Question

When first calculating the specific heat of your metal, you did not include the heat absorbed by the calorimeter. How did this effect your original answer for the specific heat of your metal?

The original answer was too low.

There was no effect on the original answer

Depends on the metal chosen.

The original answer was too high.

Answer 1

C is the correct answer. As not adding the heat absorbed by calorimeter will not affect the heat capacity if heat capacity is very high. But it will affect the heat capacity if it is small.