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It is kinetic energy of individual moving particles. It could be considered potential though, as in: the body with higher temperature has a potential to do work, passing its thermal energy to lower temperature body.

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Neither, 'heat' is simply the name we give to energy in transit from a higher temperature to a lower temperature.

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kinetic i believe

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kinetic energy. It moves

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