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| the ability to do work, powers Earth's processes |
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| movement of heat energy from one source to another |
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| movement of energy from one object in motion to another |
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| movement of electrical energy from one source to an other |
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| a state of equality or balance between two things |
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| the transfer of energy through a solid substance or by direct contact |
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| the transfer of energy through a liquid or gas |
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| the transmission of energy in electromagnetic waves |
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| made of electromagnetic waves capable of warming objects |
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| occurs when when the energy from a wave is taken up by another object |
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| occurs when the energy from a wave is moved through an object without being absorbed or scattered |
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| occurs when a wave bends around an object |
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| occurs when a wave is bounced off of an object |
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| the measure of the length of a wave; used to classify different types of electromagnetic waves |
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| light with a shorter wavelength than visible light(causes sunburns) |
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| light with a longer wavelength than visible light(heat imaging) |
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| moves electrical energy from place to place through direct contact |
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| moves heat energy from place to place through direct contact |
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| provides a complete path for an electrical current |
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| given off by the sun; causes sunburns |
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| keeps heat or electricity from transferring |
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| transfers heat or electricity from one place to another |
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| the process in which a wave is diffused or deflected by collisions with particles of the medium that it traverses |
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| to increase in size, volume; to spread or stretch out |
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