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What is the best description of thermal energy?(1 point)

Thermal energy is kinetic energy.

Thermal energy is the kinetic energy contained in an object or substance due to the movement of its atoms and/or molecules.

Thermal energy is the energy stored in an object’s chemical bonds.

Thermal energy is a measure of an object or substance’s heat.

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Thermal energy is the kinetic energy contained in an object or substance due to the movement of its atoms and/or molecules.

(Explanation: this refers to microscopic kinetic motion; it’s different from chemical energy and from the macroscopic concept of heat, which is energy transfer.)