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When you heat up the spoon its molecules start to vibrate. Depending on what the material is of the spoon, countinous heating may cause it to catch on fire. Whenever heat is supplied to a system we are imparting energy to the molecules that makes up that system.

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Q: What happens to the particles of a spoon when it is heated?
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