CAIE IGCSE Physics Particle Motion and Absolute Zero
Practise linking temperature to particle speed and kinetic energy and identify absolute zero as −273 °C, where particles have their least kinetic energy.
- Syllabus
- 2026–2028
- Course
- Physics 0625
Exam points
- state that higher temperature gives particles greater average speed and kinetic energy
- identify absolute zero as −273 °C and the lowest physically possible temperature
- describe particles at absolute zero as having their least, not gravitational, energy
2.1.2.2—Relationship between the motion of question 1
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The lowest possible temperature is zero kelvin ( 0 K ).
State the name of this lowest possible temperature.
absolute zero
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