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lanae
lanae
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High School - 10th Grade

What is the measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a sample of matter?

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Posted by lanae on Wednesday February 28, 2007 at 2:37 PM and tagged with all the years of her life, science.

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  1. gbeatty Teacher
    College - Freshman

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    That's a definition of temperature. Temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a sample.

    Sources:
    http://www.chemcool.com/regents/physicalbehaviorofmatter/...

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    Posted by gbeatty on Thursday March 1, 2007 at 8:24 AM