Physics GCSE
temperature and mean kinetic energy
What temperature and mean kinetic energy means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of temperature and mean kinetic energy
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Temperature is a measure of the mean kinetic energy of the molecules, so it controls how hard each impact is and how many impacts happen each second.
Topics that use temperature and mean kinetic energy
- Particle motion in gases (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Boyle's Law
- Inversely Proportional
- Kinetic Theory of Gases
- mean kinetic energy
- origin of gas pressure
- particle model of a gas
- Pressure (gas)
- random motion
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