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Thermal Energy. Thermal energy is the internal energy of an object due to the kinetic energy of its atoms and/or molecules. The atoms and/or molecules of a hotter object have greater kinetic energy than those of a colder one, in the form of vibrational, rotational, or, in the case of a gas, translational motion.
In chemistry class, that would be a trick question (sorry!). In thermodynamics, heat has a very specific meaning that is different from how we might use the word in everyday speech. Scientists define heat as thermal energy transferred between two systems at different temperatures that come in contact. Heat is written with the symbol q or Q, and it has units of Joules (J \text J J J).