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How is it possible that something can have a high temperature but very little thermal energy?
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∙ 14y ago
Thermal energy is a product of two variables; the temperature, and the mass. If two objects having the same mass were heated to the same temperature, they would have the same thermal energy. If an object weighing ten grams was heated to 1000º C, it would have less thermal energy than an object weighing 2 tons, heated to 100º C. To demonstrate this, imagine the amounts of ice each of the above objects could melt.
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Can a container of cold water have the same thermal energy as hot water?
No, the thermal energy of any object is a multiple of its temperature (absolute), the specific heat of the material it is made of, and the mass of the material. So obviously a large pot contains more energy than a small one.
What is the opposite of thermal energy?
There is no opposite of thermal energy.Thermal energy is energy that comes from heat, and therefore comparable to temperature. There is no "opposite of temperature," and there is no "opposite of thermal energy."If an object has high thermal energy, it is hot. The opposite of that would be having low thermal energy, or being cold.
When a substance changes state what happens to its thermal energy?
Changes the temperature of the substance
What measures the average thermal energy?
The kinetic energy of a system.
Is thermal energy kinetic or potential?
Kinetic energy is the energy of motion, KE=mv2/2.Thermal energy is different from kinetic energy.Thermal energy is associated with the temperature of a body, the heat gained by increasing the temperature. That heat gives molecules more kinetic energy and more potential energy and may also give molecules more more electronic energy.
How does temperature form thermal energy?
It doesn't, Temperature is a MEASURE of the thermal energy state of something.
Is thermal energy stored energy?
No, thermal energy is the energy related to the temperature of something.
The higher the temperature of something the greater its?
Thermal Energy.
How is heat related to temperature?
They both have something to do with thermal energy.
Is temperature a living thing?
No. Temperature is just the measure of how much thermal energy is in something.
What is the difference between temperature and thermal energy?
Temperature is the average kinetic energy of all particles, but thermal energy is the total amount of energywithin a solid, liquid or gas. Thermal energy implies that energy is being produced and maintained in a closed system. Temperature is a stable measurement of something.
How are thermal energy and temperature similare?
Temperature is what is used to measure thermal energy The more thermal energy a substance has, the more warmer it will be. So when the temperature is high, there is a lot of thermal energy Thermal energy is just energy. It refers to the energy of the molecules. Temperature is just a measurement
How is thermal energy and temperature same?
They are not the same. "Thermal energy" is the same as "heat".
How are temperature and thermal energy related?
we use thermal energy by measuring temperature
How are thermal energy and temperature alike?
If you increase temperature you increase thermal energy.If you double the amount you have the temperature does not change but the thermal energy does.Temperature and thermal energy are the same since they both use kinetic energy. Temperature uses the thermal energy when the heat measures the average of the kinetic energy. The thermal energy uses the kinetic energy, when it's averged together with the kinetic enery and the others to make the thermal energy.==========================Answer #2:Wow !Temperature is to thermal energy as depth is to water.
Is absolute zero the coldest temperature possible?
No, it is merely the temperature that molecular activity caused by thermal energy stops.
How is sound energy and thermal energy alike?
Temperature is what is used to measure thermal energy The more thermal energy a substance has, the more warmer it will be. So when the temperature is high, there is a lot of thermal energy Thermal energy is just energy. It refers to the energy of the molecules. Temperature is just a measurement
