Chemistry (12th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0132525763
ISBN 13: 978-0-13252-576-3

Chapter 13 - States of Matter - 13 Assessment - Page 444: 55

Answer

A fever will indicate that your body will experience an increase in body temperature; therefore, the average kinetic energy of the water molecules must increase as well. A higher temperatures leads to more collisions, which means that the kinetic energy is increasing.

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A fever will indicate that your body will experience an increase in body temperature; therefore, the average kinetic energy of the water molecules must increase as well. A higher temperatures leads to more collisions, which means that the kinetic energy is increasing.
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