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What does temperature measure?

the number of atoms


the number of calories


the amount of heat energy


the amount of matter

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it is either the Number

of atoms or the amount of matter


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Temperature is a measure of the average heat or thermal energy of the particles in a substance. Since it is an average measurement, it does not depend on the number of particles in an object. In that sense it does not depend on the size of it.
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