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Combined Science
AQA GCSE Combined Science Trilogy
Particle model of matter
Internal Energy and Energy Transfers
Internal Energy
AQA GCSE Combined Science Trilogy · 8464
Internal Energy
What you need to know
Define internal energy as the total kinetic and potential energy of all the particles (atoms and molecules) stored inside a system.
Explain how heating changes the energy stored within a system by increasing the energy of its constituent particles.
Understand that increasing the internal energy of a system either raises its temperature or induces a change of state.
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