You may have asked yourself the question, “So, if everything is made of molecules, and these molecules are often speeding up and slowing down… what happens to the stuff these molecules are made of if they change speed a lot? Will my kitchen table start vibrating across the room if the table somehow gets too hot?” No, it’s pretty unlikely that your table will begin jumping around the room, no matter how hot it gets. However, some interesting things do happen when molecules change speeds.

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