2007-02-01 13:04:14 · 4 answers · asked by naeemah s 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Thermal energy requires heat for it to work it is the energy derived from a heat source.Heat is the supplier and thermal is the doer.
2007-02-01 13:09:48 · answer #1 · answered by burning brightly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heat is typically related to temperature rise or fall, or the thermal effect you can "feel" from a source of high temperature.
Thermal energy can be at molecular or atomic level as kinetic energies of atoms in motion due to the ambient temperature. Thermal energy is also energy released as a result of energy conversions. When certain chemicals mix, chemical energies might be released in part as thermal energies (eg, atomic explosion).
2007-02-01 19:26:22 · answer #2 · answered by Sir Richard 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To be pedantic, heat is defined as thermal energy in transit. It's really the same thing.
2007-02-01 13:36:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
heat is already there thermo energy is being created
2007-02-01 13:11:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋