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When we increase the temperature of a liquid, it starts flowing faster. Why ?

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With increase of temperature, the kinetic energy of the molecules of a liquid increases which can overcome the intermolecular forces of attraction or in other words, viscosity of the liquid decreases with increase of temperature.
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