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Explain the relationship between heat and thermal energy.

Explain the relationship between heat and thermal energy.-example-1
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Thermal energy gives the total kinetic energy the system possesses. It is used to determine the internal energy of a system.

Heat is the flow of thermal energy between two objects of different temperature.

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