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Two objects are sitting on a table. Thermal energy is being transferred from one object to another. When does this transfer of thermal energy stop?(3 points)
when the two objects are different temperatures
when one object is much warmer than the other
when one object has completely cooled
when both objects are the same temperature
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When both objects are the same temperature.
Heat (thermal energy) flows from the hotter to the cooler object and stops when they reach thermal equilibrium — i.e., no temperature difference, so no net heat flow.
Heat (thermal energy) flows from the hotter to the cooler object and stops when they reach thermal equilibrium — i.e., no temperature difference, so no net heat flow.
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