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Explain what happens to the average kineticC energy,

thermal energy, and temperature of a substance when
the particles in the substance slow down.

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The particles in a substance slow down when the average kinetic energy of the particles decreases. As the average kinetic energy decreases, the internal energy decreases, and so the thermal energy decreases. As the thermal energy of the substance decreases, the temperature decreases.

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