A fisherman in a boat is drinking a cup of hot coffee. The large lake below his boat is full of cold water. Which statement is an accurate comparison of the lake water and the coffee?

• The lake will have more total thermal energy, but the particles in the coffee will be moving faster.
O The lake will have more total thermal energy, and the particles in the lake water will be moving faster.
• The coffee will have more total thermal energy, but the particles in the lake water will be moving faster.
• The colme will have more total thermal energy, and the particles in the coffee will be moving faster

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The lake will have more total thermal energy, but the particles in the coffee will be moving faster.