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Describe matter and explain why light is not matter. Is light made of atoms and elements?

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Matter is a thing. ex: paper. notice how paper can be written on. notice how it is ...well, THERE. now notice light. the light is not atoms. it is electricity that does weird stuff to create a big enough source of energy to be a source of light. sorta like fireflies

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