GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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GENERAL SCIENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Do particles (or the atoms) in a substance ever stop moving?!
A
No
B
Yes
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -This is due to Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle, which states that the more that is known about a particle’s position, the less that can be known about its momentum, and vice versa. Therefore, a particle cannot be completely stopped because then its exact position and momentum would be known.

Detailed explanation-2: -Anyways, it is impossible for any particle to stop moving completely. If it stops the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics will be violated since in that case both position and its conjugate momentum of the particle will be known with certainty.

Detailed explanation-3: -On the kelvin scale, temperature is determined by the kinetic energy of particles, so a gas of slow particles is colder than a gas of fast-moving ones. Absolute zero corresponds to the point at which particles stop moving completely, which is why nothing can be colder.

Detailed explanation-4: -Particles on Earth move mostly because of heat. Any material has a temperature, which is related to the energy of the atoms and molecules that make it up. Due to the conservation of energy, if one particle loses energy, another gains energy.

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