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Which is the best description of what happens when thermal energy is removed from a substance?(1 point)
Its particles lose kinetic energy and move more slowly.
Its particles gain kinetic energy and move more quickly.
It gains potential energy.
It loses potential energy.
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Its particles lose kinetic energy and move more slowly.
Removing thermal energy (cooling) decreases the average kinetic energy of the particles, so they move more slowly (and may eventually pack closer together or change phase).
Removing thermal energy (cooling) decreases the average kinetic energy of the particles, so they move more slowly (and may eventually pack closer together or change phase).
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