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Thermal energy is the energy and object or system has due to the movement of particles within. This results in the object or system having an internal temperature that can be measured with a thermometer.
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What converts chemical energy to thermal energy?
chemical energy in batteries to thermal energy.
The total kinetic energy of all the particles in a substance is called?
The total kinetic energy of all the particles in a substance is called thermal energy. Thermal energy is measured in joules.
Why is chemical energy the energy that is converted to thermal energy?
Various kinds of energy may be converted into thermal energy.In a fire it is chemical energy that is converted to thermal energy.However:In a nuclear reactor, nuclear energy is first converted to thermal energy, and eventually to electrical energy.In a fire chemical energy is also converted to light energy.In a battery chemical energy is converted to electrical energy.In braking systems kinetic energy is converted to thermal energy.
The sum of the kinetic and potential energy of the molecules of a substance?
thermal
What phrases best describes different orbits that electrons can occupy?
energy levels
What word best describes when something is boiling?
thermal energy
Is thermal the same as internal energy?
No thermal energy describes heat energy.
What describes the energy of atoms vibrating?
Thermal energy
What is the answer for The ability to conduct thermal energy or electricity?
That describes a conductor.
Which describes the thermal energy of particles in a substance?
total value of all kinetic and potential energy
What describes thermal energy that is not converted into work by a heat engine?
waste heat
What kind of energy is the heat energy?
thermal energyAnswerHeat describes energy in transit between a warmer body to and a cooler body, and is expressed in joules.
What term describes the of energy between objects that have different average thermal kinetic energies?
heat
What single word best describes work?
Energy best describes work.
What best describes solar energy?
Energy from the sun.
What describes the thermal energy of particles in a substance?
the higher the temperature: the more the movement of energy in the particle. the lower the temperature: the less the movement of energy in the particle.
Which term describes the transfer of thermal energy from one object to another because of a difference in temperature?
heat
