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Why Does Hot Coco Have a Higher Temperature Then Cold Milk? Explain In terms of Molecules and energy.

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When you pour cold milk into hot cocoa, the milk and cocoa particles start to collide When a high-energy cocoa particle hits a low-energy milk particle, energy transfers. The cocoa particles slow down, and the cup of cocoa cools down. ... Lower kinetic energy means lower temperature.

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