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Unit 2: Vocabulary and Concepts of Matter & Energy

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Energy Transfer   Different forms of energy can be transferred from place to place by radiation, conduction, or convection.  
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Heat Transfer   The transfer of thermal energy from one object to another.  
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States of Matter   Can be in the form of solid, liquid, gas, and plasma.  
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Conduction   The passing of heat through a material while the material itself stays in place.  
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Convection   The flow of heat through a liquid or a gas, causing hot parts to rise and cooler parts to sink.  
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Radiation   The giving off of infrared rays through space, like sun light.  
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Kinetic Energy   The energy of any moving object.  
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Potential Energy   Stored energy.  
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Atoms   The smallest unit of an element that retains the properties of that element. The smallest particles that make up all matter.  
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Molecules   A group of more than one atom joined together that acts like a single particle. A combination of two or more atoms.  
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Mass   The amount of matter an object contains; measured in the unit grams on a triple beam balance.  
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Closed System   A contained or isolated environment without influence or interaction with outside environments (like the inside of a sealed jar).  
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Transformation   To change from one phase to another through the process of freezing, melting, boiling or condensation.  
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Matter   Anything that has mass and takes up space.  
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Mechanical Systems   An arrangement of parts that work together.  
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Motion   The movement of molecules. This increases with temperature.  
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Solid   A form of matter that has a definite shape and takes up a definite amount of space, like a book.  
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Liquid   A form of matter that does not take up a definite amount of space and has no definite shape, like water.  
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Gas   A form of matter that takes up a definite amount of space and has no definite shape, like air.  
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Phase Change   Processes such as freezing, melting, evaporation (boiling point), condensation, are all examples of this.  
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Plasma   State of matter that exists under the conditions of high temperature and pressure, like a star.  
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Calorie   Unit of heat, defined as the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one gram of water one degree Celsius.  
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Joule   The metric unit of work; equal to one Newton-meter.  
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Melting Point   The particular temperature for each substance at which it changes state from a solid to a liquid.  
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Boiling Point   The particular temperature for each substance at which it changes state from a liquid to a gas.  
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Condensation   The changing of a gas into a liquid.  
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Freezing Point   Also known as the melting point, that temperature at which a substance changes state, either from a liquid to a solid or from a solid to a liquid.  
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Evaporation   The slow changing of a liquid into a gas.  
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Sublimation   Change of phase from a solid to a gas.  
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Proton   The positive charge in an atom  
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Conservation of Energy   Energy can be transferred through radiation, convection, and conduction, but there is no net loss or gain of energy lost or gained in the transfer.  
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Energy   The ability to do work or to make things change.  
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Electron   The negative charge orbiting around the nucleus of an atom.  
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Neutron   Found in the nucleus of an atom, this particle has no charge.  
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Nucleus   The center of an atom, contains both protons and neutrons.  
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