What is thermal energy?

1.	What is thermal energy?
Answer» Answer: Thermal ENERGY refers to several DISTINCT physical concepts, such as the INTERNAL energy of a system; heat or SENSIBLE heat, which are defined as types of energy transfer; or for the characteristic energy of a degree of freedom in a thermal system kT, where T is temperature and k is the BOLTZMANN constant.

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Thermal ENERGY refers to several DISTINCT physical concepts, such as the INTERNAL energy of a system; heat or SENSIBLE heat, which are defined as types of energy transfer; or for the characteristic energy of a degree of freedom in a thermal system kT, where T is temperature and k is the BOLTZMANN constant.