What Does Temperature Measure

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Multiple Choice

What does temperature measure?

• A)the average mass of particles in a substance
• B)the average size of particles in a substance
• C)the average kinetic energy of particles in a substance
• D)the total number of particles in a substance
• E)the total potential energy of particles in a substance

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Definitions:

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