What is the difference between between matter and energy?

Answer 1

Both exist in the space-time continuum. Matter has a rest mass, energy does not.

Answer 2

Basically, matter is intensely concentrated energy, according to the most famous equation in science, E=mc^2... that is, if you take a given mass and multiply it by the square of the speed of light -- a colossal number -- you will have the equivalent energy.

Let's look at an example. How much energy is equivalent to 1 gram of matter?

E = mc^2 = .001 kg * (3.0e8 m/s)^2 = .001*(9.0e16 m^2/s^2) =
9.0e13 kg m^2/s^2 or
90,000,000,000,000 joules -- that's enough to raise 900 million metric tonnes of water from zero degrees Celsius to 100 degrees Celsius! All from conversion of ONE GRAM of matter to energy.

Answer 3

Matter and Energy are two sides of the same coin. They are interchangeable. Neither can be created nor or destroyed; ONLY transformed.

Convert matter to energy: Burn something.
Convert energy to matter: Particle accelerators collide particles (at high speeds) whose kinetic energy contributes to the creation, in a manner of speaking, of newer particles.

Answer 4

Energy is the ability to cause change or do work, while matter is everything that surrounds us.Air, water, wind etc.Matter is made up of atoms and molecules

Answer 5

energy equals matter times the speed of light multiplied by itself.
so there's no difference

Answer 6

Matter could be paper. When you set it on fire that is energy given off.....

Answer 7

when you touch a rock or a friend, that's matter.
when you stick your fingers into a live socket or stick your hand into the fire , that's energy!!
God bless,
gabe

Answer 8

they are on opposite sides of Einstein's equation e=mc^2

so the difference between them is one half inch or more, depending how large you write the formula