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Thermal energy
Thermal Energy. What is it? Thermal Energy is the sum of kinetic and potential energy of all the particle an object has. Thermal Energy is energy generated and measured by heat.It is caused by velocity of molecules in a substance. The types of Thermal Energy transfer are convection, conduction and radiation.
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