Question

Select the option which describes the best definition of heat in the context of thermal energy?

• A. energy possessed by a system due to movement of particles within the system
• B. the measure of thermal energy
• C. thermal energy transferred from one object to another
• D. energy possessed by an object due to the temperature of the object
• E. potential energy

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

thermal energy transferred from one object to another

Heat is a thermal energy that is transferred from hotter body to a cooler body.