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PLE HELP What is the best description of temperature? Temperature is the same thing as heat. Temperature measures the number of Kelvins in a substance. Temperature is the measurement of kinetic energy
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What is the best description of temperature?

Temperature is the same thing as heat.
Temperature measures the number of Kelvins in a substance.

Temperature is the measurement of kinetic energy (movement of molecules).

Temperature only measures an increase in heat energy.

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Temperature is a measurement of the average kinetic energy of an object’s molecules
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