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Science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| energy | Ability of a system to do work. |
| mass | A measure of how much matter is present in a substance. |
| matter | Anything that has volume and mass. |
| states of matter | A form of matter determined by determined by temperature and pressure. |
| conduction | Transfer of thermal energy that occurs in solids, liquids, and gasses when two substances of two different substances touch. |
| radiation | The transfer of energy by the movement of electromagnetic waves of subatomic particles. |
| convection | Heat transfer by the rising of hotter, less dense fluids and the falling of colder, denser fluids. |
| thermal energy | The total kinetic motion energy of the tiny particles that make up matter the faster they move the warmer they become. |