A student conducts an investigation to show the relationship between temperature and kinetic energy in one phase of matter. What would the graph of this relationship look like?(1 point)

Question

Responses

a diagonal line
a diagonal line

a U-shaped curve
a U-shaped curve

a horizontal line
a horizontal line

an S-shaped curve
an S-shaped curve

Answer 1

The correct response for the relationship between temperature and kinetic energy in a phase of matter is:

a diagonal line

As temperature increases, the kinetic energy of the particles in a phase of matter (such as a gas, liquid, or solid) also increases, resulting in a positive linear relationship typically represented by a diagonal line on a graph where temperature is on the x-axis and kinetic energy is on the y-axis.