Assuming both graduated cylinders are holding water at room temperature, which cylinder has more thermal energy? The graduated cylinder with more water has more thermal energy because it is holding more water particles.

The graduated cylinder with more water has more thermal energy because the particles are warming through conduction.

The graduated cylinder with less water has more thermal energy because it has less average kinetic energy.

Neither graduated cylinder has thermal energy because the water has not been heated.

The correct option is;

The graduate cylinder with more water has more thermal energy because it is holding more water molecules

Explanation:

Given that the thermal energy of the system is the energy possessed by the system by virtue of the increased motion of the particles by virtue of a transfer  of heat, when the content of the system is heated

The thermal energy, Q is given by the following equation;

Q = Mass, m × The specific heat capacity, C × The change in temperature, ΔT

Given that the graduated cylinder with more water has more mass and therefore, more water molecules, than the cylinder with less water, the cylinder with more water has more thermal energy.