Question

Which statement best describes heat and thermal energy?
They are different words for the same thing.
They represent different concepts.
Heat is what happens when thermal energy stops moving between substances.
Thermal energy is what happens when heat moves between substances.

Answer 1

Answer: B. They represent different consepts.

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Answer 2

They are different words for the same thing. (option 1)

• Thermal energy is the energy contained in a body which is responsible for the change in it's temperature. Heat is the flow of thermal energy in a body or between two bodies.
• When two conducting bodies come in contact with each other, there is a transfer of thermal energy from the hotter body to the cooler body.
• The atoms of the cooler body gain this energy and begin vibrating, and heat is produced.
• Hence, heat increases in the cooler body while decreasing in the hotter body when thermal energy is transferred between the bodies.