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Energy transformation energy transformation is the change of energy from one form to another.
Law of conservation of energy The law of conservation of energy states that energy can neither be created nor be destroyed.
Efficiency the amount of useful ​output​ a process or machine can generate as a percentage of the ​input​ required to make it go
Kinetic theory of matter The Kinetic Theory of Matter states that matter is a package of a large number of small particles, individual atoms, or molecules.
Temperature measure of hotness or coldness expressed in terms of any of several arbitrary scales
Degree a unit of angle measurement
Thermal energy Thermal energy refers to the energy contained within a system that is responsible for its temperature. Heat is the flow of thermal energy.
Heat High Tempature
Calorie The calorie is a unit of energy that originated from the obsolete caloric theory of heat.
Conduction Conduction is one of the three main ways that heat energy moves from place to place.
Conductor a substance or material that allows electricity to flow through it.
Insulator An electrical insulator is a material in which electric current does not flow freely.
Convection Convection is a way in which heat travels.
Radiation Radiation is energy that comes from a source and travels through space at the speed of light
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