Heat measures: how many atoms or molecules are vibrating and how fast they are vibrating how rapidly the molecules of a substance are vibrating the energy coming from a hot substance the amount of water in the air how warm something feels
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Heat and temperature are related but they are not the same. Heat depends on (1) and also on (2) that vibrate. More vibrating molecules usually mean (3). Fewer vibrating molecules usually mean (4). Faster vibrating molecules mean (5). Slower vibrating molecules mean (6). Heat is measured in units called (7) and (8). Temperature is measured in units called (9), (10), and (11). When matter is heated, it (12).
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