Question

8th Grade Physical Science
Thermal Energy Questions

What is the thermal energy of an object?


A.
its total temperature


B.
the total potential energy of its particles


C.
the total kinetic energy of its particles


D.
the total kinetic and potential energy of its particles

Answer 1

What do you believe the answer to this Q is? :)

Answer 2

@mrdoldum @pooja195 @Nnesha @thomaster

Answer 3

@barbdewysveck1 Well, what is your best guess?

Answer 4

a?

Answer 5

Thats not correct do you know what thermal energy is ?

Answer 6

"A" is almost the same as the question. The temperature is a measurement of ant objects thermal energy, but what causes this thermal energy to exist?

Answer 7

Do you know what kinetic and potential energy are?

Answer 8

yeah @mrdoldum @pooja195

Answer 9

@pooja195

Answer 10

Thermal energy is the total amount of potential and kinetic energy of its particles.

D

Answer 11

Seriously?

Answer 12

is d correct @pooja195

Answer 13

No he just gave a DA

Answer 14

but d is incorrect?

Answer 15

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Answer 16

b? @pooja195

Answer 17

b should be right :)

Answer 18

the correct answer was D!