Answer: temperature
Explanation:
Thermal energy is the energy possessed by an object by virtue of its temperature. The hotter the substance, the more its molecules vibrate, and therefore the higher its thermal energy.
Thermal energy refers to the sum of kinetic, potential, vibrational ,electronic and rotational energies of the object.
Heat is the thermal energy which is transferred from a body at higher temperature to a body at colder temperature.
Temperature of an object is the measure of hotness or coldness of n object.