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Select the appropriate options and complete the following paragraph :
(heat,energy,decreasing, thermometer , increasing , potential, kinetic, atoms, thermal)
Heat is a form of ………. Which flows from object at high temperature to the object at low temperature . Temperature of an object is measure of hotness and coldness of that object . it also is a measure of average .......... energy of atoms in the object . but the temperature cannot be measured accurately by just touching the object . hence , to measure temperature ........... is used . when a hot object is placed in contact with cold object , they exchange ............ . the average kinetic energy of atoms of cold objects goes on ........ . in this way , both the objects attain the same temperature when kept in contact .

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