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  2. Sublimation (phase transition) - Wikipedia

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    Sublimation is caused by the absorption of heat which provides enough energy for some molecules to overcome the attractive forces of their neighbors and escape into the vapor phase. Since the process requires additional energy, sublimation is an endothermic change.

  3. Exothermic process - Wikipedia

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    Photosynthesis, the process that allows plants to convert carbon dioxide and water to sugar and oxygen, is an endothermic process: plants absorb radiant energy from the sun and use it in an endothermic, otherwise non-spontaneous process. The chemical energy stored can be freed by the inverse (spontaneous) process: combustion of sugar, which ...

  4. Light-dependent reactions - Wikipedia

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    To do this, it must release the absorbed energy. This can happen in various ways. The extra energy can be converted into molecular motion and lost as heat, or re-emitted by the electron as light (fluorescence). The energy, but not the electron itself, may be passed onto another molecule; this is called resonance energy transfer.

  5. Endothermic process - Wikipedia

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    The opposite of an endothermic process is an exothermic process, one that releases or "gives out" energy, usually in the form of heat and sometimes as electrical energy. [1] Thus, endo in endothermic refers to energy or heat going in, and exo in exothermic refers to energy or heat going out. In each term (endothermic and exothermic) the prefix ...

  6. Thermogenic plant - Wikipedia

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    Thermogenic plants are also protogynous, meaning that the female part of the plant matures before the male part of the same plant. This reduces inbreeding considerably, as such a plant can be fertilized only by pollen from a different plant. This is why thermogenic plants release pungent odors to attract pollinating insects.

  7. Enthalpy of sublimation - Wikipedia

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    In thermodynamics, the enthalpy of sublimation, or heat of sublimation, is the heat required to sublimate (change from solid to gas) one mole of a substance at a given combination of temperature and pressure, usually standard temperature and pressure (STP). It is equal to the cohesive energy of the solid.

  8. Water vapor - Wikipedia

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    The aggregate measurement of this kinetic energy transfer is defined as thermal energy and occurs only when there is differential in the temperature of the water molecules. Liquid water that becomes water vapor takes a parcel of heat with it, in a process called evaporative cooling. [3]

  9. Flowers of sulfur - Wikipedia

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    Flowers of sulfur has unique properties. Production occurs mainly through sublimation of natural sulfur. According to The Sulphur Institute, flowers of sulphur is widely used due to its powdered structure in rubber vulcanization, agricultural dusts, pharmaceutical products, stock feeds. [1] It can also be used in Flowers of Sulfur (FoS) Tests.