Blanchard Springs Caverns, 199
blood, 250–253
blood banks, 252
Bohr, Niels, 113–116
boiling, 89–90
boiling point, 47
Boltwood, Bertram, 681
boron family (Group 3A), 142
Bose, Satyendra, 70
Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC), 70
Boyle, Robert, 79
brain scanning, 545
branched-chain hydrocarbons, 265
brass, 180
breezes, 757
bronze, 180
Bronze Age, 179
Bryce Canyon, 709
buffers, 248
in blood, 251
bumper cars, 375
buoyancy, 400–254
buoyant force, 400–405
butane, 265
in natural gas, 267
cacao beans, 242
Cactus Hill site, 288
calcium, 141
caldera, 691
Calorie (kilocalorie), 212
calorimeter, 478
Caloris Basin (Mercury), 808
camera obscura, 582
cancer, radiation therapy for, 545
capacitors, 622
capsaicin, 41
Carothers, Wallace, 276
carbon-12, as standard for atomic masses, 134
carbon capture, 786
carbon chemistry, 260–285
carbon family (Group 4A), 142
carbon monoxide, 268
carboxyl group, 273
Carlsbad Caverns, 717
cars. See automobiles.
enzymes as, 284
in metals, 177
Cellarius, Andreas, 795
cellular respiration, 283
Cenozoic Era, 738
central heating systems, 489
centrifuge, 252
centripetal force, 381
Cepheid variable stars, 855
charge
charged coupled device (CCD), 620
charging
Charles, Jacques, 78
Charon (moon), 818
chemical bonds. See bonds, chemical.
chemical equations, 192–198
chemical equilibrium, 217
chemical formula, 161
chemical properties of matter, 54–58
chemical reactions. See reaction(s), chemical.
chemistry, 4
Chernobyl nuclear accident (1986), 313
chloride ion, 160
chloromethane, 272
choroid, 589
chromium, 59
in stainless steel, 180
chromosphere, 835
ciliary muscles, 589
circle graphs, 24
circuit breaker, 612
circuit diagrams, 609–610
circuits, electric, 609–613
circulating pump, 489
circulation of blood, 251
cirques, 720
cirrostratus clouds, 763
citrus fruits, 284
clastic rock, 672
clay, 49
silicates in, 142
Clean Coal Technology Program, 270
clean energy, 786
cleavage of minerals, 668
Clermont, 422
Cliffs of Dover, 673
climate, 782–786
climate maps, 892
clocks, digital vs. analog, 19
clusters, star, 851
coal-fired power stations, 270–271
cobalt, 146
coefficients, of chemical
equation, 194
co-enzyme, 284
coherent light, 560
cold packs, 235
color(s), 550–557
Colorado River, 708
Columbia Plateau, 696
Columbia (space shuttle), 811
combined gas law, 80–81
combustion, 199, 204, 208, 210