Answer: temperature.
Step-by-step explanation:
This is the relationship between energy, heat, and temperature.
Thermal energy, or heat energy, is the transference of the kinetic energy of the molecules of matter from a warmer matter to a cooler one.
The particles (molecules) of matter are in constant motion, either translating or vibrating or both. Kinetic energy is the energy related to the motion (KE = 1/2 × mass × speed²): the faster the molecules vibrate or translate the higher the average knietic energy.
Temperature is the measure of how cold or hot a substance it. The temperature is, indeed, a measure of the average kinetic energy of the molecules in the matter.