Eli5 when temperature is just how much molecules move, why can our skin be permanently damaged if they move to much, aka, you get a burn.

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Eli5 when temperature is just how much molecules move, why can our skin be permanently damaged if they move to much, aka, you get a burn.

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If molecules move fast enough they’ll cause things to break. Things such as your cells. And if they move really fast they can cause your cells to get broken at the molecular level (AKA cooked). Cooking is also just making molecules move fast. You wouldn’t want to get cooked.