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Course: High school chemistry?>?Unit 6
Lesson 1: Thermal energy and equilibriumApply: thermal energy and equilibrium
Problem
A child’s swimming pool holds liters of water. A nearby pond contains over times as much water. On a warm summer day, the water molecules in both systems have the same average kinetic energy.
Complete the statements.
- The temperature of the pool water isthe temperature of the pond water.
- The total thermal energy contained in the pool isthe total thermal energy contained in the pond.