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Say we start with a solid. The molecules vibrate around fixed points, little movement. When temperature rises, these molecules gain kinetic energy and spread out to form a liquid. The molecules are moving faster, colliding into each other every so often. Temperature rises again and the molecules reach the gas phase.

The same when temperature decreases but just the opposite.

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