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Developing Mastery Which state of matter has the most kinetic energy? Liquid Gas Solid
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Which state of matter has the most kinetic energy?

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Solid

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The physical state, or phase, that has the greatest kinetic energy is gas. In a gas, the molecules are more free to move and they move more rapidly than in the other phases, and it is this motion that constitutes kinetic energy.
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