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Bot GPT 3.5 The relationship between temperature and thermal energy can be understood through the concept of heat. Temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance, while thermal energy is the total kinetic energy of all the particles in a substance.
When the temperature of a substance increases, the average kinetic energy of its particles also increases. This means that the particles are moving faster and have more energy. As a result, the thermal energy of the substance also increases because the total amount of energy in the system has increased.
Conversely, when the temperature of a substance decreases, the average kinetic energy of its particles decreases. The particles move slower and have less energy, leading to a decrease in the thermal energy of the substance.
Therefore, temperature and thermal energy are directly proportional - an increase in temperature leads to an increase in thermal energy, while a decrease in temperature leads to a decrease in thermal energy.