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What is the best description of thermal energy?(1 point)
Thermal energy is heat energy.
Thermal energy is the average kinetic energy of the particles in an object or substance.
Thermal energy is a type of kinetic energy.
Thermal energy is a type of potential energy.
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Best choice from the list: "Thermal energy is a type of kinetic energy."
Clarification: that's a simplification — technically thermal (internal) energy is the total microscopic energy of a substance, including kinetic energy of particle motion and some microscopic potential energy from intermolecular forces. "Average kinetic energy" describes temperature, and "heat" is energy in transfer, not the stored internal energy.
Clarification: that's a simplification — technically thermal (internal) energy is the total microscopic energy of a substance, including kinetic energy of particle motion and some microscopic potential energy from intermolecular forces. "Average kinetic energy" describes temperature, and "heat" is energy in transfer, not the stored internal energy.
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