Thermal Energy and Stability Concepts

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a measure of how hot or cold something is

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temperature

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When something stays mostly the same over time

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stability

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A balanced state in which a system is stable, such as when two or more samples are at the same temperature.

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equilibrium

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The total kinetic energy of all the molecules that make up a sample.

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thermal energy

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When something becomes different over time

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change