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What is a number that summarizes a set of data and that can be computed by adding all the numbers in a list and then dividing by the number of numbers in the list?
average
What is when something becomes different over time?
change
What is the moment when two objects hit each other?
collision
What is a balanced state in which a system is stable, such as when two or more samples are at the same temperature?
equilibrium
What is to reach a conclusion using evidence and reasoning?
infer
What is the energy that an object has because it is moving?
kinetic energy
What is a group of atoms joined together in a particular way?
molecules
What is when something stays mostly the same over time?
stability
What is the total kinetic energy of all the molecules that make up a sample?
thermal energy
What is to move from one object to another or one place to another?
transfer
