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A steel plaque is attached to a block of wood. The steel and the wood have the same mass. After the steel plaque and the wooden block were left outside in the sun for a period of time, both the steel and the wood had increased in temperature, but the steel had a higher temperature than the wood.

It’s possible that the steel plaque had a higher temperature than the wooden block because it______its surroundings.

If the steel and the wood received the same amount of energy from the Sun, then the specific heat capacity of the steel must be______the specific heat capacity of the wood.