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A measure of the average kinetic energy of the individual particles in an object is called

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All matter is made up of tiny particles. These particles are always moving even if the matter they make up is stationary. Recall that the energy motion is called kinetic energy. So all particles of matter have kinetic energy. Temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the individual particles in matter.

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Answer: Temperature

Temperature is a physical quantity that reflects the amount of heat in a body or medium. This amount of heat is related to the internal energy of a system (thermodynamically speaking), according to the movement (speed) of each of the particles that compose it, this means that it is related to its kinetic energy.

Therefore, the higher the kinetic energy, the higher the thermal energy in the system and the higher the temperature.

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