Question

What is thermal energy?

Answer 1

energy from sun

Answer 2

Part of the total potential energy and kinetic energy
And this is the wrong section.

Answer 3

Thermal energy is the part of the total potential energy and kinetic energy of an object or sample of matter that results in the system temperature.[1] It is represented by the variable Q, and can be measured in Joules. This quantity may be difficult to determine or even meaningless unless the system has attained its temperature only through warming (heating), and not been subjected to work input or output, or any other energy-changing processes. Because the total amount of heat that enters an object is not a conserved quantity like mass or energy, and may be destroyed or created by many processes, the idea of an object's thermal energy or "heat content," something that remains a measureable and objective part of the internal energy of a body, cannot be strictly upheld. The idea of the thermal (part) of an object's internal energy is therefore useful only as an ideal model, in special cases where the total integrated energy of heat added or removed from a system happens to stay approximately constant as heat is conducted through the system.

Answer 4

@SiennaSurfer : Thank you very much !
Thermal energy have a many Source and biggest of them is SUN .

Thermal energy can come from Sun , Earth , Fire , Hydrogen , wood , and ...
that is an Energy and we show that with Q .
we can find that with this :
Q=mc\[Q=\Delta \theta mc\]
I hope can help you :)

Answer 5

Q= mc is fall !
Sorry !