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| the movement of energy from a warmer object to a cooler object |
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| the transfer of energy through empty space |
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| the transfer of heat by direct contact of particles of matter |
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| the transfer of heat by movements of a heated fluid |
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| the amount of mass in a given space; mass per unit volume |
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| the movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another |
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| the name of the single landmass that broke apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents |
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| the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface |
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| a trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock |
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