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- Acceleration [r]: The increase of an objects velocity (or speed) per unit time. [e]
- Astronomy [r]: The study of objects and processes in the observable universe, e.g. stars, planets, comets or asteroids. [e]
- Atomic mass [r]: The mass of an atom expressed in unified atomic mass units (u) and formerly known as atomic weight. [e]
- Barycentre [r]: The centre of mass of a body or system of particles, a weighted average where certain forces may be taken to act. [e]
- Black hole [r]: Area of space-time with a gravitational field so intense that its escape velocity is equal to or exceeds the speed of light. [e]
- Brain morphometry [r]: The quantification of correlations between structures and functions in the brain. [e]
- Chemical elements [r]: Chemical elements, in one sense of the term, refers to species or types of atoms and, in another sense of the term, refers to chemical pure substances each composed of atoms solely of a single species or type. [e]
- Composting [r]: The aerobic (i.e. oxygen using) decomposition and stabilization of solid organic materials by aerobic organisms. [e]
- Concentration [r]: In science, engineering and in general common usage: the measure of how much of a given substance there is in a given mixture of substances. [e]
- Density (chemistry) [r]: A measure of the mass per unit volume of a gas, liquid or solid. [e]
- Energy (science) [r]: A measurable physical quantity of a system which can be expressed in joules (the metric unit for a quantity of energy) or other measurement units such as ergs, calories, watt-hours or Btu. [e]
- Exponential growth [r]: Increase of a quantity x with time t according to the equation x = Kat, where K and a are constants, a is greater than 1, and K is greater than 0. [e]
- Factor-label conversion of units [r]: A widely used method for converting one set of dimensional units to another set of equivalent units. [e]
- Force [r]: Vector quantity that tends to produce an acceleration of a body in the direction of its application. [e]
- Gaussian units [r]: A centimeter-gram-second system of units often used in electrodynamics and special relativity. [e]
- Gravitational lens [r]: A lens formed when light from a very distant, bright source (such as a quasar) is 'bent' around a massive object (such as a cluster of galaxies) between the source object and the observer. [e]
- Gravitation [r]: The tendency of objects with mass to accelerate toward each other. [e]
- International System of Units [r]: Metric unit system based on the metre, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, mole and candela. [e]
- International Ultraviolet Explorer [r]: An astronomical satellite designed primarily to observe ultraviolet spectra. [e]
- Kilogram [r]: The kilogram is the basic unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI, metric system). [e]
- Law of definite proportions [r]: Fundamental chemical law stating that elements combine in definite proportions to each other by mass. [e]
- Leidenfrost effect [r]: Hovering, dancing movement of a liquid on a hot surface, such as water drops on a hot skillet. [e]
- Mars (planet) [r]: The fourth planet from the Sun in our solar system; named after the Roman god of war; also known as the "Red Planet". [e]
- Matter [r]: Any substance which has mass and occupies space. [e]
- McCabe-Thiele method [r]: A graphical method considered to be the simplest, most instructive method for the analysis of binary distillation. [e]
- Milky Way [r]: The Milky Way galaxy which contains our solar system. [e]
- Momentum [r]: mass of a particle times its velocity (a vector). [e]
- Noether's theorem [r]: A theorem which states that any differentiable symmetry of the action of a physical system has a corresponding conservation law. [e]
- Particle in a box [r]: A system in quantum mechanics used to illustrate important features of quantum mechanics, such as quantization of energy levels and the existence of zero-point energy. [e]
- Periodic Table of Elements [r]: A tabular method of displaying the chemical elements. [e]
- Physics [r]: The study of forces and energies in space and time. [e]
- Pluto (dwarf planet) [r]: A dwarf planet above Neptune that, for many years, have been considered a planet. Named after the Roman god of the underworld. [e]
- Polynomial equation [r]: An equation in which a polynomial in one or more variables is set equal to zero. [e]
- Proton [r]: A subatomic particle with an electric charge of +1 elementary charge. [e]
- Quantum fluids [r]: A fluid consisting of bosonic or fermionic particles; satisfies Bose-Einstein of Fermi-Dirac quantum statistics. [e]
- STS-118 [r]: Space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour, which was launched on 8 August 2007. [e]
- Solar system [r]: The sun and the planets orbiting it. [e]
- Solid (state of matter) [r]: The state in which matter maintains a fixed volume and shape (is neither a gas nor a liquid). [e]
- Soyuz TMA-7 [r]: Manned transport mission to the International Space Station (ISS) conducted by the Russian space agency Roskosmos, launched on 1 October 2005. [e]
- Spherical well [r]: A potential that is constant inside a sphere centered on the origin, and large outside that region. [e]
- Temperature [r]: A fundamental quantity in physics - describes how warm or cold a system is. [e]
- Tonne [r]: A measurement of mass equal to 1000 kg, or almost exactly the mass of one cubic metre of pure water at 3.98 °C. [e]
- U.S. customary units [r]: The units of measurement that are currently used in the United States. [e]
- Uranus (planet) [r]: The seventh planet from the Sun in our solar system; name after the Greek god of the sky. [e]
- Viking program [r]: The successful mission of space probes to Mars, Viking 1 and Viking 2, each designed to study the planet, and launched 20 August 1975, and 9 September 1975 respectively. [e]
- Weight [r]: The force with which a body is attracted to Earth or another celestial body, equal to the product of the object's mass and the acceleration of gravity. [e]
- Zero-point energy [r]: The lowest possible energy that a quantum mechanical physical system may possess; it is the energy of the ground state of the system. [e]
