Checked content

File:Thermally Agitated Molecule.gif

Thermally_Agitated_Molecule.gif ‎(280 × 280 pixels, file size: 158 KB, MIME type: image/gif, looped, 28 frames, 1.1 s)

Summary

Description

Shown here is the thermal motion of a segment of protein alpha helix. Molecules have various internal vibrational and rotational degrees of freedom. This is because molecules are complex objects; they are a population of atoms that can move about within a molecule in different ways. This makes molecules distinct from the noble gases such as helium and argon, which are monatomic (consisting of individual atoms). Heat energy is stored in molecules’ internal motions which gives them an internal temperature. Even though these motions are called “internal,” the external portions of molecules still move—rather like the jiggling of a water balloon.
Date 18 October 2006
Source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Thermally_Agitated_Molecule.gif
Author en:User:Greg L

Licensing

GNU head Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
Subject to disclaimers.
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution share alike		 This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. Subject to disclaimers.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work).
  • share alike – If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one.
This licensing tag was added to this file as part of the GFDL licensing update.
The following pages on Schools Wikipedia link to this image (list may be incomplete):

Learn more about Schools Wikipedia

You can learn about nearly 6,000 different topics on Schools Wikipedia. In 133 nations around the world, SOS Children works to bring better education and healthcare to families in desperate need of support. Have you thought about sponsoring a child?