How does thermal energy explain why things stop?

When an object moves through a fluid, some momentum is transferred and the fluid is set in motion. If the object were to stop moving there would still be some residual motion of the fluid. ... However, the motion will eventually die down and result in an increase in thermal energy of the water. Heat is always the transfer of energy from an object at a higher temperature to an object at a lower temperature. So energy flows from the particles in the warmer bowl to the particles in the cold ice and, later, the cooler water. ... The lemonade's thermal energy decreases and the ice's thermal energy increases.

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