27.6k views
18 votes
True of False. Temperature measures the amount of thermal energy of a substance.

User Asdf
by
4.4k points

2 Answers

7 votes

Answer:

false

Explanation:

Here is how True of False. Thermal energy and temperature are NOT the same because temperature only considers the average kinetic energy of molecules. Both containers of water below are measured to have the same temperature. However, one container of water has MORE thermal energy. It has more water molecules!

User Venkat Prasanna
by
4.8k points
9 votes
False because they are actually not the same thing
User MEnf
by
4.3k points