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| the quantity of heat needed to raise the temperature of one gram of liquid water by one degree Celsius |
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| the changing of gas, or vapor, to a liquid |
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| the transfer o heat energy from atom to atom when vibrating atoms collide |
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| the transfer of heat by movement in fluids-gases and liquids- caused by differences in density within the fluids |
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| if solidification results in a solid with an ordered pattern of atoms |
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| type of energy that is radiated in a form of transverse waves from all matter not at absolute zero |
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| any model that shows the types of electromagnetic energy |
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| energy transfer from a region of higher temperature to a region of lower temperature |
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| all the energy of an object or system not related to the individual motions of atoms |
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| Nuclear decay(nuclear fission) |
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| the process by which unstable or radioactive atomic nuclei of elements, such as uranium and radium, split to from lighter element |
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| the method by which heat is transferred via electromagnetic waves |
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| the changing of a liquid to a solid |
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| the quantity of heat needed to raise the temperature one gram of any substance one degree Celsius |
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| a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles of a body of matter |
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| roughness or smoothness of a surface affects the amount of electromagnetic energy absorbed |
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| Vaporization(evaporization) |
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| the changing of a liquid to a gas, or vapor |
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| the distance from one crest of a wave to the next |
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