How do faster moving molecules translate into heat?
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Heat is a moment of molecules. It can be that they vibrate in a place like in a sole or more round like in a gas or a combination of both. So moment is not translated to heat is heat.
For gas like the atmosphere of small molecules the temperature it primarily just a description of the average temperature of the molecules.
So a molecule is made of atoms. The atoms are made of protons, neutrons, and electrons. The electrons have these things called “shells” the first shell holds 2 electrons and every shell after the first holds 8 electrons. Each shell that is “made” to fit the number of electrons of the atom increases the distance from the nucleus (center) of the atom (which contains all the protons and neutrons) think of it kind of like a solar system and each planets orbit is a shell. Electrons are happiest in the lowest she’ll they can be. And a full shell is also ideal as well. Anyway, electrons can artificially move to further our shells with the addition of energy (heat) and so long as the heat is there the atom can stay at that excited state. however, once the energy is removed the atom wants to get to the lowest energy value possible ( they are lazy) they do this most effectively by sending out photons (light) hence why heated metal glows. But the easier way is to get rid of energy via heat which is how it gets rid of small amounts of heat, glowing is a final resort as it requires more energy to make happen.
I hope this explains it let me know if you need clarification on anything as I had to condense basically a whole year of chemistry school into a paragraph lol.
It’s actually the opposite. Molecules are in constant motion, and the speed is determined by their heat. The colder they are, the slower they move. The hotter they are, the faster they move. You can create heat by adding motion from an external source, such as microwave oven agitating the water molecules in food.
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