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Science Unit 2 vocab

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Energy   the ability to do work or cause a change  
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matter   can neither be created or destroyed. anything that has mass and takes up space  
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law of conservation of matter   during any physical or chemical change, the mass of products is equal to the total mass of the reactants  
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law of conservation of energy   energy can not be created nor destroyed, only can convert or be transferred  
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second law of thermodynamics   how energy moves from place to place  
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solid   have a definite shape and volume  
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liquid   has definite volume and a variable shape  
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gas   has variable shape and volume  
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melting   make or become liquified by heat  
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freezing   be turned into a solid as a result of extreme cold  
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condensing   to change from a gas or vapor to a liquid  
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evaporation   the change of state from a liquid to a gas  
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phase changes   a change from one state of matter to another  
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latent heat   existing but not yet developed  
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radiation   energy that is transferred by light  
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convection   movement of matter due to temperatures  
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conduction   the transfer of energy as heat through a material  
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air pressure   the force exerted onto a surface by the weight of the air  
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pressure gradients   the change of pressure per unit distance  
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convection currents/cells   a current in a fluid that results from convection  
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thermohaline currents   ocean circulation that is driven by differences in temperature  
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salinity   a measure of dissolved salts in a given amount of liquid  
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specific heat capacity   the heat required to raise the temperature of a given substance by a given substance  
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