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It just occurred to me that near enough to absolute zero only translational modes are occupied (sorry I know this is the classical forum) but at higher temperatures non-translational degrees of freedom get populated; not all of it goes into kinetic energy. Is this right?

This is an odd question. I was talking with a social scientist the other day and he seemed to think that the amount of energy it takes to raise the temperature 1 degree Celsius or Kelvin was minutely different depending on the temperature (ie near absolute zero the energy it takes to increase T...