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A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a sample of matter is called

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Temperature is the average kinetic energy of particles in a sample of matter
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Temperature!

Temperature actually is a relative measurement of how fast the particles in a sample are moving/vibrating. Higher-temperature samples have faster-moving molecules (ex: water vapor...the molecules of H2O are moving so fast that they break the intermolecular forces holding them together in liquid water and start flying through the air) and lower-temperature samples have slower-moving molecules (ex: ice ... the molecules of H2O are vibrating slowly and are fairly fixed in position).

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