Which accurately completes the statement?Conduction involves the transfer of electric charge or ___________ due to the movement of particles.

Conduction transfers energy through the movement or collisions of particles. In heat conduction, that transferred energy is thermal energy, so the statement is completed by “thermal energy.” Light waves are transferred by radiation, while protons and neutrons are particles, not the type of energy named here.

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