a process that takes energy into the system. This increases the internal energy of the system (...
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a reaction in which heat is absorbed from the surroundings and the temperature of the reaction...
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life insurance that is also a savings method as it has a maturity date when payment has to be...
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the levels of energy in which electrons move and which have fixed amounts of energy.