When energy flows as heat from a hotter object to a colder one:

a. the kinetic energy of microscopic particle motions in the hotter object decreases.
b. the kinetic energy of microscopic particle motions in the hotter object increases.
c. only thermal energy changes in each object; kinetic energy remains the same.
d. it does work on the colder object.
e. the kinetic energy of microscopic particle motions in both objects increases.


a

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