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What is the relationship between temperature and kinetic energy?

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Temperature is directly proportional to the average translational kinetic energy of molecules in an ideal gas

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"[Temperature is a measurement of the average kinetic energy of the molecules in an object or a system. Kinetic energy is the energy that an object has because of its motion. The molecules in a substance have a range of kinetic energies because they don't all move at the same speed.]"

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