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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Your skin is like the ingredients to a cake, when you bake them it changes from a bunch of flour and water and sugar into a fluffy new thing. The temperature helps some of the bits that make up your skin move around and rearrange so they can make something new.