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1
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Who began the theory of the conservation of Energy

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Sir Benjamin Thompson also was known as Count Rutheford

2
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What theory began to solidify in the 19th century

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The mechanical equivalent of heat

3
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What is the mechanical equivalent of heat

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Kinetic energy and other types of energy

4
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What is heat

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ENergy in transit

5
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What was heat originally thought of being

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A weightless gas called caloric that passed from warmer substances to cooler ones

6
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What is the law of conservation of energy

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Energy can neither be created or destroyed, only changed in form

7
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WHat causes heat

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friction

8
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What did Einstien write in his paper about energy being quantized

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That energy and mass are related, even equivalent

9
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What is the theory of energy and mass being equivalent referred to as

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mass-energy equivalence

10
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What is the equation for converting mass to energy

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E=mc2

11
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WHat is the conservation of mass-energy

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THe law of energy conservation with no exception

12
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What is heat

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energy in transit

13
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What is the Thermal Equilibrium

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When heat will continuously flow from one object to another until they are the same temperature

14
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What is radiation

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Heat transfer via electromagnetic waves

15
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What do all warm bodies emit

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Infrared

16
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What is convection

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A process of heat transfer in liquids and gasses via the mass and motion of speedy molecules bumping into other molecules and making them speedy

17
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What is conduction

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A process of heat transfer occurring in solids via direct contact