yes it can be absorbed
It's thermal energy my dear.
yes. Matter can change state when thermal energy is absorbed or released.
Energy can be released when matter changes. For example when something burns, such as natural gas (methane) combining with oxygen from the air, such as happens in a gas stove, to form carbon dioxide and water and release lots of energy. If you use a gas stove, this is how you cook. Energy can be absorbed when matter changes. For example, when ice in your glass absorbs heat from the room and melts, a phase change from ice to water, energy is absorbed. Matter can change without either net absorption or net release of energy, but some energy may be borrowed to enable the change and then returned after the change.
Example for light energy is absorbed or released, Heat is released and absorbed, electrical energy absorbed or released...
The three changes of state during which energy is absorbed is: conduction, convection, & radiation.
To the extent to which the energy is absorbed, yes. Reflectivity and color determine how much energy is absorbed, but no matter can reflect 100% of the energy striking it. Some will be absorbed by the molecules.
Example for light energy is absorbed or released, Heat is released and absorbed, electrical energy absorbed or released...
"phosphorescence"Scattering is the release of light energy by particles of matter that have absorbed energy. The transfer of energy carried by light waves to particles of matter is absorption.
After the absorption, the matter has added energy equal to 'hf' the energy of the absorbed photon.
when matter changes state either evolution or absorption of enrgy occurs for example when a solid changes to liquid or a liquid changes to gas energy is absorbed and in case of conversion of gas to liquid or liquid to solid enrgy is liberated....
Its where heat is taken in in a reaction eg making a cake is an endothermic reaction as heat is taken in to start it ;)
It changes into mechanical energy