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Heating Water Energy Store
Which energy store increases when water is heated?
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- 1 Names the thermal/internal energy store (or the kinetic energy of the water particles).
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The thermal (internal) energy store of the water increases.
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The water gains heat energy.
Heat describes a transfer pathway, not the named store; identify the energy store that increases in the water.