Authors: Robert M. Hazen
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