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Two objects are filled with air, and have the exact same mass. There air in the first object is heated and it now has a higher temperature than the second object. The air in which object has more thermal energy?

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The first object. Thermal energy accounts for the heat. A higher temperature will result in greater heat and thus forth a greater thermal energy. Hence, the answer is the first object.
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