| A | B |
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| energy | ability to cause change/do work |
| calorie | amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 g of water to 1 °C |
| kinetic energy | energy of motion |
| potential energy | energy due to position or composition |
| mechanical energy | the sum of an object's kinetic and potential energy due to gravity or elastic deformation |
| kinetic theory of matter | theory that states that the particles of matter are constantly in motion |
| degree | units of a temperature scale |
| temperature | measure of how hot something is; average kinetic energy of particles |
| thermometer | instrument that measures temperature |
| thermal energy | the kinetic energy of a substance's atoms |
| conductor | material that transfers energy easily |
| convection | movement of matter due to density |
| heat | energy transferred between objects at different temperatures |
| insulator | material that reduces or prevents the transfer of energy |
| radiation | transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves |
| conduction | transfer of energy as heat through a material |
| energy transformation | process of energy changing from one form into another |
