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James Joule showed that _______ was a form of energy.

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Heat

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He proved that heat was a form of energy. That is why the Joule (1 N*m or 1 kg*m^2/s^2) is the SI unit of energy. We now know that heat energy is a form of kinetic energy associated with temperature changes due to the vibrational motion in matter.