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If you go to the beach and get a cup of water out of the ocean, does the water in the cup have the same average kinetic energy as the ocean? the same thermal energy
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If you go to the beach and get a cup of water out of the ocean, does the water in the cup have the same average kinetic energy as the ocean? the same thermal energy

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Yes, the water in the cup have the same average kinetic energy as the ocean, because I focus on the word 'average'. However the cup of water have less INTERNAL energy than the ocean.
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