Leftovers
The Latin phrase meaning "out of nothing".
ex nihilo
The belief that natural processes have always occurred in the same manner and at the same rate that they do now.
uniformitarianism
A device that can control a fission reaction to produce useful energy.
nuclear reactor
The study of science as it relates to the origins of the universe and of life based on faith in God as Creator.
Creation science
A chemical bond resulting from the sharing of valence electrons between atoms.
covalent bond
The minimum amount of fissionable material need for a chain reaction.
critical mass
The law indicates that the universe is not improving but is instead running down
second law of thermodynamics
The "working copy" of genetic information.
RNA
The description of biological evolution.
Neo-Darwinism
The average mass of all the natural isotopes of an element.
average atomic mass
Smaller particles that compose protons and neutrons.
quarks
A base that only partially ionizes in a solution to produce hydroxide ions.
weak base
A group of techniques that that use radioactive decay to estimate the age of objects.
radiometric dating
The principle that states the total mass of the reactants is equal to the total mass of the products.
law of conservation of mass
The intermolecular force that occurs between all molecules.
London force
The process of mixing molecules of one substance with those of another substance by random molecular motion.
diffusion
A substance that has no no unpaired electrons.
diamagnetic