Temperature is a measure of the kinetic energy of particles at the molecular level. More specifically, an object at absolute zero has zero kinetic energy, that is, all the molecules in such an object are at a complete standstill.
Picture a jar of Airsoft pellets. None of the pellets are moving inside the jar. This is what we would call cold temperature. Now shake it up really hard: all the pellets are in motion. This is what we would call high temperature. But relatively speaking, all the pellets are roughly in the same spot: they're still in the same jar.
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Temperature is a measure of the kinetic energy of particles at the molecular level. More specifically, an object at absolute zero has zero kinetic energy, that is, all the molecules in such an object are at a complete standstill.
Picture a jar of Airsoft pellets. None of the pellets are moving inside the jar. This is what we would call cold temperature. Now shake it up really hard: all the pellets are in motion. This is what we would call high temperature. But relatively speaking, all the pellets are roughly in the same spot: they're still in the same jar.