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

Thermal energy is a type of kinetic energy.

Thermal energy is the average kinetic energy of the particles in an object or substance.

Thermal energy is a type of potential energy.

Thermal energy is heat energy.

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Thermal energy is a type of kinetic energy.

Explanation: thermal energy comes from the microscopic motion of particles. (Temperature is the average kinetic energy per particle; heat is thermal energy in transfer between objects.)