The internal energy of a solid is made up of:

  1. only nuclear energy
  2. the kinetic energy of vibrating atoms and the potential energy of their bonds
  3. only gravitational energy
  4. only the solid's motion as a whole
Answer

B) the kinetic energy of vibrating atoms and the potential energy of their bonds

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