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

an S-shaped curve
an S-shaped curve

a U-shaped curve
a U-shaped curve

a diagonal line
a diagonal line

a horizontal line
a horizontal line

Answer 1

The graph showing the relationship between temperature and kinetic energy in one phase of matter would look like a diagonal line.

As temperature increases, the kinetic energy of the particles also increases in a linear fashion, reflecting the direct relationship between the two.