Question

The faster the body moves, the higher the thermal energy.

(a) True

(b) False

The question was posed to me by my school principal while I was bunking the class.

My enquiry is from States of Matter in section States of Matter of Chemistry – Class 11

Answer 1

Correct answer is (a) True

For explanation: As thermal energy is a type of kinetic energy, the faster the object moves, the higher the thermal energy. The measure of an average of kinetic energy is thermal energy. So the above statement regarding thermal energy is true.