Science Matters (41 page)

abortion

absolute zero

absorption of light

accelerated expansion

acceleration:

in Newton’s first law

in Newton’s second law

accelerators

acid-base chemical reactions

acid rain

adenine

adenosine triphosphate (ATP)

african plate

agriculture, genetic engineering in

air bags

air quality

algae

alloys

alpha decay

alpha particle

Alps, formation of

alternating current (AC)

aluminum

Amazon, deforestation in

American Association for the Advancement of Science

American Chemical Society

American Geophysical Union

American Institute of Physics

American Physical Society

amino acids

amoeba

ampere (amp)

Ampère, André-Marie

amplitude modulation (AM)

anaerobic bacteria

Andes Mountains

Andromeda galaxy

Andromeda nebula

Antarctic continent

Antarctic ice, melting

antibodies

antigravity

antimatter

apes, and human ancestry

Appalachian Mountains

aquifers

archaea

archean eon

asteroid belt

asteroids

astrology

astronomy

extragalactic

search for Earth-like planets in

solar system

stars

and telescopes

atmospheric cycle

atomic bombs

atomic number

atomic structure

atoms

anatomy of

architecture of

Bohr

chemical bonding of

chemical identity of

heavy

motion of

in quantum mechanics

use of term

visible light emitted by

ATP (adenosine triphosphate)

Australian continent

Australopithecus

Bacillus thuringiensis
(Bt)

bacteria:

anaerobic

classification of

barometric pressure

baryonic matter

basalt

B cells

Bell, John

beta decay

beta particle

big bang theory

biochemistry

biofuels

biological evolution

biology

biosphere

biotechnology

bits

black holes

blue-green algae

Bohr, Niels

Bohr atom

bottom and top quarks

Brahe, Tycho

brittleness

brownian motion

butterfly effect

bytes

calculus

calendars

camouflage

cannonballs

carbohydrates

carbon

and life

carbon cycle

and nutrients

carbon dioxide

carbon-14

carbon-14 dating

catalysts

celestial gravity

cell phones

cells

asexual reproduction of

biochemical identity of

as chemical factory

and common ancestor

convection

cycle times of

differentiation

division of

energy for

engulfed

evolution from

first, creation of

functions of

membranes of

nucleus of

specialized

unused

cellulose

celsius scale

cenozoic era

CERN (European Center for Nuclear Research)

chain reactions

chains

chaos theory

chemical bonding

covalent

and electrical conductivity

electrons in

hydrogen

ionic

metallic

and the real world

chemical evolution

chemical potential energy

chemical reactions

chemistry

Chernobyl

Chesapeake Bay

China

China Syndrome

chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)

chlorophyll

chromium

chromosomes

climate

climate change

clockwork universe

cloning

clouds

coal

cold fusion

color

Colorado Rockies

color spectrum

comets

common ancestor

compasses

complexity theory

composite materials

computers

conduction

conductors

continental drift

continental shelves

continents

convection

Copernicus

copper

core

cosmic rays

cosmological constant

cosmology

cosmos;
see also
Universe

Coulomb, Charles

Coulomb’s Law

covalent bond

creationism

crossbreeding

crust

cryptography

crystals

curies

cytosine

Dalton, John

dark energy

dark matter

Darwin, Charles

dating, radiometric

decay chains

democritus

deoxyribose

depolymerization

Devils Tower, Wyoming

diabetes

diamonds

digestive system

dinosaurs

diodes

direct current (DC)

DNA

cloning

and common ancestor

double helix of

and evolution

fingerprinting

genetic engineering

“junk,”

molecules of

replication of

stem cells

STRs

VNTR

doldrums

Dolly (cloned sheep)

domains

doping a crystal

Doppler effect

Doppler shift

ductility

E = mc
²

Earth

axis of rotation

formation of

as frame of reference

impermanence of

interior of

magnetic field of

oceans of

orbit of

perihelion shift of

and plasma

plate tectonics of

as single integrated whole

Earth cycles

atmospheric

carbon

and climate change

rock

seasons

water

weather

earthquakes

ecological niche

ecology

ecosystems

energy and the food web

human effects on

interconnectedness in

nutrients and the carbon cycle

use of term

Edison, Thomas A.

education

Einstein, Albert:

on Brownian motion

and cosmological constant

and E = mc
²

and quantum paradox

and relativity

and thought experiments

unified theory of forces sought by

elasticity

elastic potential energy

Eldredge, Niles

electrical charges

electrical circuits

electrical conductivity

electric current

electricity

Coulomb’s Law

insulators

and magnetism

Maxwell’s equations

motors and generators

semiconductors

static

electromagnetic force

electromagnetic induction

electromagnetic radiation

electromagnetic spectrum

electromagnetic waves

electromagnets

electrons

in electrical charges

interaction of

motion of

orbiting

radio waves from

repulsion of

role in chemistry

electrostatic forces

electroweak force

elements

in combination

periodic table of

superheavy

Ellesmere Island, Canada

embryology

embryonic stem cells

energy

allowed levels of

conduction of

conservation of

and food chain

and heat

interchangeable forms of

kinetic

of light

for living cells

from more useful to less useful

new sources of

nuclear

potential

sun as source of

thermodynamics

types of

use of term

energy waves

engines

entropy

enzymes

ethanol

eucarya

eukaryotes

eurasian plate

Europa

European Food Safety Authority

eve (common ancestor)

evolution

biological

chemical

from common ancestor

creationists vs.

and DNA

evidence for

and extinction

fact vs. theory of

fossil record of

human

intelligent design

molecular

mutations in

natural selection

non-random

rate of

story of

and survival

theory of

extinction

mass

Fahrenheit, Daniel

Fahrenheit scale

fault zones

Federal Communicaitions Commission

fermentation

Fermilab (Fermi National Accelator Laboratory)

fertilization

Feynman, Richard

Feynman diagram

fiber composites

fission

flagellum

flu

fluorescent materials

food:

from cloned animals

genetically engineered

Food and Drug Administration, U.S.

food chain:

energy in

radioactive tracers in

trophic levels of

force:

attractive

in Newton’s laws of motion

repulsive

and work

forces

electromagnetic

electrostatic

electroweak

gravity

strong

unified field theories

weak

fossil fuels

“fossil” genes

fossil record

frames of reference

freezings

frequency:

measurement of

range of

use of term

frequency modulation (FM)

freshwater

Freud, Sigmund

friction

fructose

fuel rods

fusion

fusion in a bottle

galactic black holes

galaxies

Galileo Galilei

gamma decay

gamma rays

garbage, as humus

gases

gauge particles

Geiger counter

generators and motors

gene regulation

genes

disappearing

evolution of

“fossil,”

and heredity

recessive

use of term

genetically engineered foods

genetic code

chromosomes

DNA and RNA

Human Genome Project

Mendel’s research in

molecules of

reproduction

universal

use of term

VNTR

genetic diseases

genetic engineering

Geological Society of America

geology

geophysics

Georges Bank fishing grounds

glaciation

glaciers

glass

global circulation models (GCM)

global Positioning System (GPS)

global warming

glucose

gluons

gold

Gondwanaland

Gould, Stephen Jay

gradualism

graphite

gravitons

gravity:

celestial

fact vs. theories of

force of

and general relativity

Newton’s law of

quantum

rethinking

terrestrial

gravity probe B

greenhouse effect

use of term

greenhouse gases

groundwater

guanine

hadean eon

hadrons

half-life

Halley, Edmond

Halley’s comet

heat:

and Earth’s impermanence

flow of

frictional

and kinetic energy

heavy atoms

Heisenberg, Werner

heredity

Hertz, Heinrich

hertz, use of term

Higgs, Peter

Higgs particle

Himalayas, formation of

holes

hominids

homo neanderthalensis

homo sapiens

hot Jupiters

Hubble, Edwin

Hubble expansion

Hubble Space Telescope (HST)

human genome project

human growth hormone

humans:

evolution of

special status of

humidity

humus

hybrids

hydrocarbons

hydrogen

hydrogen bombs (H-bombs)

hydrogen bond

hydrology

ice:

and climate change

formation of

ice age

ice caps

ID (intelligent design)

igneous rocks

ILC (International Linear Collider)

immunology

inertia

infertility

infrared radiation

infrared waves

insecticides

insulators

insulin

integrated circuits

intelligent design (ID)

interglacial age

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

intermediate stem cells

International Astronomical Union

International Linear Collider (ILC)

International Telecommunications Union

in vitro fertilization

ionic bonds

ionosphere

ions

iron:

magnetism of

as nuclear ash

isotopes

Isua, Greenland

ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor)

jet streams

Jones, Jack

Jovian planets

junk DNA

Jupiter

Keck telescope

Kelvin, William Thomson, Lord

Kelvin scale

Kepler, Johannes

kinetic energy

kingdoms

Kuiper, Gerard

Kuiper belt

lactic acid

Lake Victoria

Large Hadron Collider (LHC)

lasers

laurasia

lava flows