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Radiation

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If the transfer of heat substance

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Convection

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Is the transfer. Of heat through a liquid or gas

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Conduction

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Is through touch

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Physical properties

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Physical properties are used to observe and describe matter.

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Physical changes

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Physical changes occur when objects or substances undergo a change that does not change their chemical composition. This contrasts with the concept of chemical change in which the composition of a substance changes or one or more substances combine or break up to form new substances.

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Chemical changes

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Chemical changes occur when a substance combines with another to form a new substance, called chemical synthesis or, alternatively, chemical decomposition into two or more different substances. These processes are called chemical reactions and, in general, are not reversible except by further chemical reactions.

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Average speed

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average speed of an object is the total distance traveled by the object divided by the elapsed time to cover that distance. It’s a scalar quantity which means it is defined only by magnitude. A related concept, average velocity, is a vector quantity. A vector quantity is defined by magnitude and direction

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Velocity

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the speed of something in a given direction.

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Friction

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the resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another

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Newtons first law

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The focus of Lesson 1 is Newton’s first law of motion - sometimes referred to as the law of inertia. An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.

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Newtons second law

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Newton’s second law of motion can be formally stated as follows: The acceleration of an object as produced by a net force is directly proportional to the magnitude of the net force, in the same direction as the net force, and inversely proportional to the mass of the object.

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Newtons third law

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For every action there is a reaction

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Force

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Force is a push or pull

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Chemical properties

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chemical property. noun. … a property or characteristic of a substance that is observed during a reaction in which the chemical composition or identity of the substance is changed: Combustibility is an important chemical property to consider when choosing building materials.

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