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The temperature of a substance increases as the mean random kinetic energy of its particles increases. This is because temperature of an object is directly proportional to the kinetic energy of its particles. Thus when the particles move faster as a whole, such as when the object is put near a flame, the object heats up.

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What happens to the solubility of salts when temperature is lowered or raised?

When temperature is lowered, the solubility of most salts decreases because the solubility of solids generally decreases with decreasing temperature. Conversely, when temperature is raised, the solubility of most salts increases as the solubility of solids typically increases with increasing temperature.


What happens to the particles in something if the temperature falls?

When the temperature falls, the particles in a substance slow down and lose energy. This can cause the substance to contract or solidify, depending on the type of material and how much the temperature decreases.


What happens to a liquid-vapor system at equilibrium if the temperature decreases?

If the temperature of a liquid decreases, so does the vapor pressure. Clothes dry faster in a warm or hot clothes dryer than they do when hung up in a cool house. The vapor pressure of water is higher when it is warmer in the clothes dryer. Clothes dry faster in the sunshine than in the shade. Sunshine is warmer.


What happens to entropy when pressure decreases?

When pressure decreases, entropy increases. Increases in entropy correspond to pressure decreases and other irreversible changes in a system. Entropy determines that thermal energy always flows spontaneously from regions of higher temperature to regions of lower temperature, in the form of heat.


When a substances is heated what happens?

When a substance is heated, its temperature increases and the kinetic energy of its particles also increases. This causes the particles to move faster, leading to increased collisions and interactions among them. Eventually, the substance may undergo physical or chemical changes depending on the temperature and nature of the substance.

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What happens to viscosity as temperature increases?

As the temperature rises, the viscosity, meaning a substance's resistance to flow decreases because a liquid based substance melts, and flows more.Viscosity decreases as temperature increases.


What happens to humidity if temperature increases?

The relative humidity decreases


What happens to radiation from an object as its temperature increases?

radiation from object decreases as the temperature rises


What happens to solubility of a substance when their is rise in temperature?

Generally, as temperature increases, solubility increases. There are a few cases where the opposite happens, though.


What happens to volume during phase changes?

Volume increases with increase in temperature, and decreases with decrease in temperature.


What happens to the thermal energy of an object as temperature decreases as it increases?

As the temperature of an object decreases, its thermal energy also decreases because the particles within the object have less kinetic energy. Conversely, as the temperature increases, the thermal energy of the object increases as the particles move more rapidly, resulting in higher kinetic energy.


What happens when the temperature of substance is increased?

The solubility of solids in water increases with the increasing temperature.


What happens to the relative humidity when the temperature increases and the water vapor stays the same?

it decreases :)


What happens to the number of free electrons and holes in an intrinsic semiconductor when the temperature decreases?

increases


What happens to a frogs heart rate when temperature changes?

the rate of contraction increases with a rise in temperature and decreases with a fall in temperature


What happens to the amount of oxygen carried by hemoglobin as temperature increases?

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What Explain what happens to the average kinetic energy, thermal energy, and temperature of a substance when the particles in the substance slow down.?

The particles in a substance slow down when the average kinetic energy of the particles decreases. As the average kinetic energy decreases, the internal energy decreases, and so the thermal energy decreases. As the thermal energy of the substance decreases, the temperature decreases.