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An increase in thermal energy gives particles more kinetic energy, which causes them to vibrate more. As they vibrate more, the volume they take up increases.

For example, when ice water is heated up, the molecules spread out, take up a greater space, and so the result is liquid H2O.

The reverse scenario - when gaseous water ('steam') is cooled, due to a reduced level of thermal energy - is that the particles will vibrate less and the substance will contract. The steam will condense into liquid water.

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What causes some mechanical energy to change to thermal energy?

Normally, friction between moving surfaces causes mechanical energy to convert to thermal energy (heat), as in the brakes of most cars.


What are examples of single energy transformations?

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Does thermal energy increase during a phase change?

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How does change in thermal energy causes matter to change from one state to another?

An increase in thermal energy may change a solid to a liquid, a liquid to a gas, or a solid to a gas.A decrease in thermal energy may cause a change in the opposite direction - for example, from a liquid to a solid.


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It causes matter to change by turning water into gas which is vaporization. water into ice and burning wood into ash.


What is another chemical change?

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An increase in thermal energy gives particles more kinetic energy, which causes them to vibrate more. As they vibrate more, the volume they take up increases.For example, when ice water is heated up, the molecules spread out, take up a greater space, and so the result is liquid H2O.The reverse scenario - when gaseous water ('steam') is cooled, due to a reduced level of thermal energy - is that the particles will vibrate less and the substance will contract. The steam will condense into liquid water.


What are some non examples of thermal expansion?

Some non-examples of thermal expansion would include the boiling of water, which involves a phase change rather than expansion due to temperature increase, and the stretching of a rubber band, which is a different mechanism of deformation unrelated to temperature change. Additionally, the growth of a plant is not an example of thermal expansion.


How does in thermal energy cause matter to change from one state to another?

An increase in thermal energy may change a solid to a liquid, a liquid to a gas, or a solid to a gas.A decrease in thermal energy may cause a change in the opposite direction - for example, from a liquid to a solid.


Can energy change to one anothere?

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How a change in thermal energy causes matter?

A burning wood fire, when cooled down or extinguished, leaves wood ashes.


What has thermal energy moving from one substance to another?

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