Question #13710
1 Answer
Nov 16, 2015
Hot objects will contain more thermal energy than cold objects.
Explanation:
Energy is quantified in many different ways (chemical, positional, kinetic, thermal, etc.). Hot objects have more thermal energy than cold objects (which is why we consider them hot).
Thermal energy is the vibrational kinetic energy of the particles in a substance, the faster those particles vibrate, the more thermal energy is measured.
Thus, Hot objects have more vibrational kinetic (Thermal) energy than cold objects.
