Question

Use the following table to answer the question:



The following samples are all water. Other than the temperature, all the water samples are identical. Which of the four samples has the lowest particle average kinetic energy?

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Answer 1

You need the sample with the lowest temperature. For any given substance (here, water) the average translational kinetic energy of particles is proportional to the absolute temperature (K). So whichever numbered sample in your table has the lowest temperature has the lowest average kinetic energy.

If you paste the table or the sample temperatures I can tell you which number that is.