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when objects are heated they gaining energy and the molecules begin to vibrate and bounce off each other, causing them to get farther apart, the opposite is true when an object is "cooled" ( i air quote cooled because in truth the word cold is somewhat unnecessary as you can heat can be gained, but there is no such thing as gaining cold only losing heat, so a better word would be something like "unwarm", or in this case "unheated").

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Q: Why most objects expand when heated and contracts when cooled?
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