What is the definition of the Matter-energy Continuum?

Answer 1

This explanation was found in Thinkwell's "Concepts of Matter and Energy" Relating matter and energy

The conservation of both energy and matter led to the idea that maybe energy and matter are related.

Einstein was the first person to quantify the relationship between energy and matter; he was able to show that all matter and energy are interconvertible though the equation E=MC2. In this equation, E is energy, M is mass, and C is the speed of light (which is considered to be a universal constant of 3.00 x 108 meters per second).

Through an understanding of this equation, it is possible to view matter and energy as part of one and the same thing.

All matter in the universe and all energy in the universe are just in different parts of the same continuum. This relationship is called the matter-energy continuum.

Answer 2

A concept used to describe the type of metabolism demanded by different physical activities. Those activities requiring 100% aerobic-metabolism are at one end of the continuum, those requiring 100% anaerobic-metabolism are at the other end. In between these two extremes are activities that require various proportions of aerobic and anaerobic metabolism

Answer 3

The matter-energy continuum is the concept that matter and energy are interchangeable and can be converted into each other according to Einstein's famous equation E=mc^2. This idea suggests that matter and energy are different forms of the same fundamental substance.