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If you add heat to matter, it can either get it hotter, or it can change the state of matter (for example, from solid to liquid).

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12y ago

A good example is the boiling kettle. When the water is boiling the water molucles jump about and some escape up the kettles spout. Most people will notice the water vapour first which mistakingly they call steam. The real steam is a few centimeters from the end of the spout and is invisible.

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How does heat Change matter?

When applied it heats the matter up - increasing its energy content - in relation to its ability to hold the heat.

Depending on the material it can change state when it can hold no more energy, re liberating its stored energy. From a solid it would got to Liguid to a gas.

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11y ago

Most substances will expand when heated. -- So the volume becmes greater.

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