Physics GCSE
Temperature
What Temperature means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definitions of Temperature
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A measure of the average kinetic energy of the molecules, not of any one molecule and not of the total.
A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance.
Topics that use Temperature
- Energy stores and systems (AQA GCSE)
- Internal energy (AQA GCSE)
- Particle motion in gases (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Boyle's Law
- braking
- change of state
- closed system
- collisions
- constant temperature during melting
- constant temperature plateau
- dissipation
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