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2024-07-18
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Table of contents
1. Alphabetical list of terms, below:
| I. | J. | K. | L. | M. | N. | O. | P. | Q. | R. |
Physics I
Ice
Ice, (Cool water, melt ice), (Primary)
Ice lens, Water concave lens
Ideal gas constant, Universal gas equation, PV = nRT
Ideal gas constant, Ideal gas constant/Boltzmann constant
Ignition, Combustion
Illusions, (optical illusions)
Image with a convex lens, magnifying glass
Immersion oil, Prepare immersion oil
Impulse, (change in momentum)
Impulsive force, thrust, balloon on a balance
Incandescence, electric light bulb, filament lamp
Inclined plane, screw, wedge
Incubators, brooders, Chicken Project
Induced charge, shielding and charging by induction
Induction, Electromagnetic induction
Induction, Self-inductance, self-induction, (Unit: the henry, H)
Inertia, Newton's first law of motion
Infiltration, and capillary action by groundwater
Inflate balloon, with low pressure and high pressure bottle
Infrared rays, "red hot" and "white hot"
Instruments to detect electric current, Electric current detector
Insulation, Conduction of heat, thermal conductivity
Insulators and conductors, (Electrostatics)
Integers, (Mathematics)
Interference and diffraction of sound, beats
Interference, Young's two-slit experiment, (double-slit experiment)
International system of units, SI, [Système international d'unités]
Internal resistance of a cell,
Invar, Bimetallic strip, compound bar, (used in thermostat)
Inversion layers, (Weather)
Inversion, lateral inversion, Mirror images
Inverted drinking glass, (air pressure)
Investigations, Experimental investigations
Ions, ionic, ionizer, ionization, (Chemistry)
Ionization, Ionization by radioactivity, smoke alarms, electroscope
Iodine, (Commercial)
Isothermal change, internal energy, thermodynamics
Isotropy and thixotropy, cornstarch, cornflour slime
Physics J
Jacob's ladder, Conduction in gases,
Jars, (Commercial)
Joly photometer, Light bulb brightness, wax block photometer
Joule, J
Joule's equivalent, Mechanical equivalent of heat
Jugs, (Commercial)
Jumper leads, Starting the engine with jumper leads (motor car)
Physics K.
Kaleidoscope
Kater's reversible pendulum, Measure "g"
Kelvin scale, absolute zero
Kepler's laws, of planetary motion
KB, kilobyte (Electronics)
Kilogram, mass
Kilometre, Length (l), the kilometre (km), metre (metre, m)
Kilowatt-hour, kWh (energy)
Kinetic energy
Kinetic motion
KircHoff's circuit laws, DC circuits, circuit diagrams
Kitchen, Household, home, kitchen items
Kites, Flying kites (Primary)
Knife switch, Switches in a circuit (electricity)
Knife Switch, (Commercial)
Knots, nautical mile
Krypton (Commercial)
Kundt's tube, (sound standing waves)
Physics L
Laboratory Equipment, (Commercial)
Laboratory safety
Laboratory safety and hazardous chemicals
Laboratory safety, Physics teaching
Lampholder, (Commercial)
Lapse rate, Layers of the atmosphere, auroras (Weather)
Lasers
Latent heat of fusion and latent heat of vaporization
Lateral inversion, Mirror images (inversion, lateral inversion)
Latex, rubber, caoutchouc
Latitude, nautical mile, knots, log, logbook
Lava lamps, Convection cells
Lead-acid battery, lead cell accumulator
Lead-acid battery Sealed lead-acid battery
Lead metal, (Commercial)
Lead (Commercial)
Leads, electrical leads, (Commercial)
Leap second, (Time)
Leclanché cell, Dry cell battery
LED, Light-emitting diode (Electronics)
Leidenfrost effect, (water drops on hot stove)
Lemon cell, (electricity from lemons)
Length, measurements
Lens, Refraction of light
Lens, Images with a lens (Primary)
Lenz's law, (Electromagnets)
Leslie's cube, (heat radiation)
Levers, (class 1 to 3)
Leyden jar capacitor, (spark)
Lift from spin, "swerve ball", curve ball, golf balls, Bjerknes' tube
Lift ice cube with salt, (freezing temperatures)
Lift pump, (downstroke and upstroke)
Lift water with air pressure (test-tube)
Lift the water surface, (surface tension)
Lift water by blowing, (See: 12.)
Lifting power of balloons containing different gases
Light, nature of light
Light rays, geometrical optics
Light bulb brightness, Joly photometer, wax block photometer
Light rays through lenses, (ray diagrams)
Light stick, Chemiluminescence, bioluminescence
Light travels in straight lines, pinhole magnifier
Light year, parsec
Lighthouse prism, Fresnel lens
Lightning warning device, Franklin's bell
Lightning, sparks
Light rays, geometrical optics
Lighters, Matches (Commercial)
Linear momentum, stream impulse
Liquid expansion caused by heat
Liquid pressure, fluid pressure, hydrostatics
Lithium-ion battery, Li-ion battery
Lithium (Commercial)
Load cell, Telephone carbon microphone, transducer
Loaded beam
Logic circuits, Electronics
Longitude
Longitudinal wave, with a coiled spring, slinky spring
Lorentz force law
Lost volume, Shrinking mixture of liquids
Loudness, decibels, threshold of hearing, audible limits
Loudspeaker, Microphone and loudspeaker
Low cost, chemicals, equipment
Low voltage light source
LPG, (Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LP gas)
Log, logbook
Longitude
Lubrication, Reduce friction
Luge, face-up and feet-first sled, toboggan, Olympic sport
Luminance and illuminance, candela, candlepower
Luminescence
Lunar month, synodic month (Astronomy)
Lustre, (metallic lustre, non-metallic lustre) (Geology)
Physics M
Machines
Magdeburg hemispheres, vacuum pumps
Magnesium / copper battery
Magnesium, pencil sharpener electrodes
Magnetism
Magnifiers, water drop magnifier, lens
Magnifier, Water drop magnifier (Primary)
Magnifying, power of a lens
Magnitude, (brightness of stars), (Astronomy)
Magnus effect, Rotational stability, dynamic stability
Mains-operated equipment, (Safety)
"Make" Use the term "Prepare" for making chemical compounds
"Make" fabricate, manufacture, but use "Construct", for any building or machine.
Malleable, Mechanical properties of materials, elastic, ductile, malleable
Man in the Moon, illusion
Manganese, (Commercial)
Mangonel, catapults, slingshots, trebuchet, onager, ballista
Manometer, water manometer, pressure gauge
Marathon, distance 42.195 km
Mariotte bottle, (Mariotte flask, Mariotte siphon)
Mass and weight, Balances, Gravity
Mass, inertial mass and gravitational mass
Mass, kilogram
Materials
Matches, safety matches
Mathematics, graphs
Maximum density of water
Maximum density of water, Hope's experiment
Measure, the distance to the Moon, parallax
Measurement
Measures, common mesures
Measuring cylinders graduated cylinders
Measuring instruments, micrometer screw gauge, vernier calipers
Mechanical advantage, (MA) of a machine
Mechanical equivalent of heat, Joule's equivalent
MB, megabyte
Megawatt-hour, MWh
Meissner effect
Melting, Melt, (Chemistry)
Tests for melting point of lead, tin, and lead-tin alloys: 3.63
Meniscus, (GIF)
Mercury
Mercury barometer
Meridians, Greenwich meridian, (Astronomy)
Mersenne's law, Sonometer, single string monochord
Metals, (Experiments)
Meteorology Weather
Meters, (electricity meters)
Meters
Meters, (Commercial)
Meters, Instruments to detect electric current, ammeter, galvanometer, voltmeter
Methane, natural gas, CH4
Metre, Length
Metre stick balance
Metric conversion, SI, CGS, FPS, (Measurement)
Mica
Micrometer screw gauge, Measuring instruments, vernier calipers
Micrometre, Length (l), the kilometre (km), metre (metre, m)
Micron, (mu)
Micronization
Microphone, Sound recording and reproduction
Microphone, Sound-operated switching circuit with latching, crystal microphone, burglar alarm
Microscopes, care, use, staining techniques
Microscopes, (Commercial)
Microscope Slides, Microslides, (Commercial)
Microwaves, microwave cooking
Microwaves, (high frequency radio waves)
Microwave, (Commercial)
Mie scattering, Scattering, Rayleigh scattering
Milk separator, Centrifuge
Millibar, Pressure definitions
Millilitre, mL
Millimicron, Micron, mu
Minerals, properties of minerals, (Geology)
Mirage illusion
Mirror images, (inversion, lateral inversion)
Mirrors, Reflection of light at curved surfaces, curved mirrors
Mirrors, Reflection of light at flat surfaces, plane mirrors
Mirrors reflect light, (Primary)
Miscible, Liquids float on liquids, miscible and immiscible liquids
Miso soup, Convection cells, (See: 4.)
Mist, (Weather)
Mixers, hotplate and stirrer, (Commercial)
Mobius strip, (Mathematics)
Models, Construct molecular models
Mohs scale of mineral hardness, (Geology)
Moisture enters the air, evaporation (Weather)
Moisture leaves the air, precipitation (Weather)
Molar gas constant, Universal gas equation, Ideal gas constant, R (PV = nRT)
Mole, amount of substance
Molar, Prepare molar solutions
Molecular motion
Molecular weight, Density, Gas, (Table 1)
Moments, Rotation
Momentum, seat belts
Monkey and hunter, mid-air target
Monochord, Sonometer, single string monochord, Mersenne's law
Moon, Observing the Moon
Morse equation, Osmotic pressure equation
Mortar and Pestle, (Commercial)
Motion, Equations of uniformly accelerated motion
Motion in two dimensions
Motion of the centre of mass
Motor vehicles, Electricity in motor vehicles
Motor vehicles, automobiles, cars
Motor vehicle generator (dynamo), charging system
Motors and generators, DC / AC
Move a boat with surface tension, detergent, soap
Multimeter, Electromagnetic induction applications
Musical, Octaves and pitch, sol-fa (solfege) syllabi
Musical instruments
Musical instruments, Resonance in air columns
Musical instruments, Resonance in strings
Musical notes, ear and voice, tones
Musical scale, tones, sharps and flats, equal temperament scale
Physics N
Nanometre
Natural gas, methane, CH4
Nautical mile
Navigation data used by a ship at sea, (Weather)
Negative thermal expansion, (NTE), Coefficient of thermal expansion
Neodymium, Nd, (magnets)
Neon, (Commercial)
Newspaper stays on the wall
Newton, Sir Isaac Newton
Nickel-cadmium battery
Nickel-metal hydride battery
Nickel, (Commercial)
Nichrome, alloy
Nitinol memory wire
Non-Newtonian fluids
Normal reaction
Nose and smelling, taste, flavour, odour
Nose basher pendulum
North, Find the north-south line, (Astronomy)
Nucleation
Nuclear Physics, (Commercial)
Physics O
Obliquity of the ecliptic, precession and nutation, (Astronomy)
Octave and pitch, sol-fa, (solfege), syllables
Odour and taste, Argillaceous rock, (Geology)
Oersted's effect, magnetic field around a wire
Ohm's law, rheostat
Ohmic and non-ohmic resistors
Oil shale and fracking, (hydraulic fracturing) (Geology)
Open right-hand rule, force on charges moving through magnetic field
Optical bench for studying lenses
Optical disc with prism semicircle
Optical devices, (low-cost quipment)
Optical illusions
Optics, Light rays, geometrical optics
Optics, (Commercial)
Order of accuracy, calculation of possible error
Order of magnitude, (value expressed to the nearest power of ten)
Orrery, Model of the solar system (Astronomy)
Oscillating mercury
Oscillation, Wave properties of sound, vibration
Oscillations, Pendulums
Oscilloscope, cathode ray tube CRT, (Electronics)
Osmosis, osmotic pressure, reverse osmosis
Overhanging pile, leaning tower of Lire
Oven temperatures
Oxidation and air pressure, steel wool over water
Oxyacetylene welding
Physics P
Pail of water, Centrifuge, milk separator
Parabola equation, (GIF)
Parachute, Falling parachutes (Primary)
Parallelogram law, Vector addition, vector diagram
Parabolic mirrors
Parallax, Measure the distance to the moon
Paramagnetism, (atomic magnetic dipoles)
Parsec, Light year
Particles of matter, Diffusion
Particles, Suspensions and precipitates
Particles, Size of colloidal particles
Particles, Surface / volume ratio of particles
Parts per million, (ppm), Concentration
Pascal, (SI unit of pressure), Pressure definitions
Pascal's hydraulic press, Hydraulics, hydraulic lift, Bramah press
Pascal's vases
Pasteurization of milk
Peltier effect
Pencil sharpener galvanic cell
Pendulums, oscillations
Pendulum Nose basher pendulum
Penny and feather, Coin and feather, Guinea and feather, free fall tube
Perfect numbers, (Mathematics)
Period of rotation, (Astronomy)
Periscope (reflection)
Permanent magnets
Permittivity, dielectric constant
Persistence of vision illusion, Spinning picture, Thaumatrope, (Primary)
Petri dish
Philips screw heads
Phase changes, liquid / gas, boiling point, B P
Phase changes, liquid / solid, M P and F P
Phases of the Moon
Phases of the Moon and lunar eclipses
Phosphorescence
Phosphorus
Photoelectric cell, (voltage produced by light)
Physical changes, Chemical changes and physical changes, (Chemistry
Physics equipment, charcoal, glass cutting, microscopes, soldering
Physics laboratory safety, Laboratory safety for physics teaching
Piezoelectric, (voltage produced by mechanical stress to crystals)
Pile driver
Pinch together water streams
Pinhole camera, (Primary)
Pinwheel, Electric pinwheel, (simple electrostatic motor)
Pipe-clay Triangles, (Commercial)
Pipettes, Dangers!
Pitch, frequency
Pith ball indicator, (static electricity indicator)
Pith ball indicator, electroscope
Pitot tube
Plane mirrors, Reflection of light at flat surfaces
Plaster, Prepare fibrous plaster board with plaster of Paris
Plimsoll line, load lines
Plug and ring, Ball and ring, (heat expansion)
Plumb line, Centre of mass with a plumb line, plumb bob
Plumber's force cups, suction cup, suction disc
Poiseuille flow, (viscosity)
Poisons and First Aid, (Table)
Poisson's ratio, v
Polarization, Polaroid film
Polarization by scattering
Pop pop boat
Porcelain, laboratory items
Portland cement
Potato cell, noisy potato cell, (electricity)
Potato puncture, (push drinking straw through a potato)
Potential energy,, Chemical potential energy, enthalpy
Potentiometer, (emf of two cells with a potentiometer)
"Pour" light from a beverage can (Critical angle, total internal reflection)
Power, Electric power and energy, power supply
Power, Light from incandescent lamps
Power surge circuit breaker, fuses
Precession, Gyroscope, flywheel
Precession, of the equinoxes, Equinox (Astronomy)
Precession, Obliquity of the ecliptic, precession and nutation (Astronomy)
Precipitation, Moisture leaves the air, (Weather)
Present, The "present", (Time)
Pressure, liquid pressure, vapour pressure, weight
Primary cells, Voltaic cells
Primary and secondary colours
Prime numbers, (Mathematics)
Prince Rupert's drops, tempered glass, toughened glass
Prism, (Commercial)
Projectile motion
Proof Plane, (Electrostatics) (Commercial)
Propellers
Protective clothing and equipment (Safety)
Protective clothing, safety equipment
Psychrometer, Wet and dry bulb thermometer, (hygrometer, psychrometer), (Weather)
Pull tabs, (ring pulls), beverage can opening
Pulleys, block and tackle
Pulsars, (Astronomy)
Pumps, syringes
Push and pull forces, (Primary)
Push down paper cards by blowing, Air flow can create lift (See 2.)
Putty, (glazier's putty)
Putty, Dilatant compound, "Silly Putty", silicone
Putty, Silly putty , silicone, bouncing putty, "Tricky Putty"
"Pycrete", (See 3.), (interleaved telephone books)
Pyroelectricity, ferroelectricity
Physics Q
Quantity of chemical to be used in school science experiments
Quark
Quicksand, (Instruction)
Physics R
Radian, Angular velocity, ω, radians, rad, (circular motion)
Radians, angle
Radiation, Heat radiation
Radiation, radioactivity, radioactive elements
Radio waves
Radioactivity, radiation units, curie
Rain gauge, precipitation gauge, rain, drizzle, snow, hail
Rain making, Cloud seeding
Rainbows
Raindrops illusion
Raise heavy weights with water pressure
Rank scaling tables, (statistics)
Raoult's law, (vapour pressure)
Ratio and proportion, concentration. (Mathematics)
Ray box for beams of light
Rayleigh scattering, Mie scattering
RC time constants
Rechargeable batteries, Secondary cells
Reaction force from a water jet
Recoil, bow and arrow, catapult, fire a rifle
Recording, Analogue and digital recording
Recording timer, "ticker timer"
Recording timers, ticker timers, (Commercial)
Rectifier, Simple chemical rectifier
Reduce friction with liquidslubricants
Reflection and refraction of sound
Reflection of light at curved surfaces, curved mirrors
Reflection of light at flat surfaces, plane mirrors
Reflection of radiant heat waves
Refraction of light, lens
Refraction of waves in a ripple tank
Refraction, Measure refractive index
Refraction, (Refractive index), Prepare immersion oil
Refrigerator door magnet, Halbach array, Maglev train, Magnetic levitation, (See: 2.)
Refrigerator, ice chest, portable ice boxes, espresso coffee machine
Regelation. Melting point and pressure
Relative density, RD, Hydrometers
Relative density, Specific gravity:
Relative density, Density of liquid, relative density, RD, density bottle
Relative humidity, (wet and dry bulb thermometer)
Relative humidity table, (depression of the wet bulb)
Relative motion, (moving reference frames)
Renewable energy, biomass, hydroelectric, solar, wind
Repulsing balloons, (Electrostatics)
Resistance and Ohm's law, resisitivity, resistors
Resistance
Resistors in series and parallel/a>
Resolution of forces, inclined plane
Resolution, resolvance of diffraction grating, spectrometer, microscope, telescope
Resonance, in air columns, musical instruments
Resonance, in strings, musical instruments
Resonance, Wine glass resonance
Resonance, Wine glass breaks with voice resonance
Resuscitation
Retentivity, (magnetism)
Retort stand, retort clamp
Retrodirective mirrors, Corner cube, corner reflector
Reynolds' dilatancy, (compacted grains)
Rheostat, Ohm's law
Rhumkorff coil
Richter scale Earthquakes,
Right angle prism inverter, (projected beam)
Right-hand rule, open right-hand rule
Ring pulls, Beverage can opening, (See: 3.)
Ripple tank, Waves, springs, wave motion
Rising and setting Moon
Rising moon illusion
Rising stones, granular mixtures, Brazil nut effect
Risk Assessment, (Commercial)
Rockets and thrust
Rocking candle, balancing candle, burn a candle at both ends
Rocks and minerals, (Geology)
Roller skating, Action and reaction, when stepping forward
Rolling coins
Rolling uphill
Rolling spheres
Roman numerals
Rope and three students
Rotation, Moments
Rotational and translational kinetic energy of the earth
Rotational kinetic energy
Rubber, Latex, (Experiments)
Lasers
Lasers
Lasers, (Commercial)
26.9.4, Compact disc, CD
7.5.0, Laser safety
28.2.19, Corner cube, corner reflector, retrodirective mirrors
38.2.2.0, Diodes, laser diodes
7.5.0, Laser safety
28.1.1, Speed of light ( See 4.2, Rotating mirrors)
Magnetism
Levitron, rotating magnet levitation (Commercial)
Magnetic stirring bars, spin bars, (Commercial)
35.20.20, Antiferromagnetic, haematite (hematite), iron glance, specularite, Fe2O3
35.20.23, Ferrimagnetic, magnetite, Fe3O4
36.6.1, Find north with a watch compass, (clock compass)
30.3.0, Magnetic fields, current-carrying coils
1.38, Magnetic stirrers, Stirrers, magnetic stirrers, hotplates
Magnetism, Compass, Electromagnets, Magnets
29.0, Magnetism, magnets, force on current-carrying wire
35.14, Magnetism test (Geology)
7.1.4, Magnetize and demagnetize iron wire
32.5.5.3 Magneto, permanent magnet magnetos
32.5.5.4 Polar inductor magneto
32.5.5.6 Rotating magnet magneto
35.20.23, Natural magnets, Magnetite, Fe3O4, ferrimagnetic
13.0, Magnets (Primary)
Neodymium, Nd, magnets
Newton, Sir Isaac Newton
Newton's laws of motion, Force , Rockets and thrust
Newton, (Commercial)
Newton products:
"Bottle Jet Drag Racer", Newton's laws (toy product)
"Newton's Cradle", conservation of momentum, periodical motion (toy product)
"Poly-Ox, Polyethylene oxide", non-Newtonian self siphoning gel (toy product)
"Rocket Balloons", Newton's third law (toy product)
"Silly Putty ", silicon-based polymer, non-Newtonian, dilatant (toy product)
"Slime School Lab Pack", non-Newtonian liquid, pre-dissolved PVA (toy product)
Newton experiments
27.72 Newton's rings with float glass, diffraction
11.4.04 Newton / metre2, Fluid pressure
Newton The newton, symbol N
5.0.0 Newton's bucket experiment
16.3.9 Newton's sailboat, fan on a sailing boat, fan cart
17.6.2.7 Newton's cradle, colliding balls, counting balls
Newton's law of cooling
36.10.1 Newton's universal law of gravitation, universal gravitational constant, G
9.2.0 Newton.metre, Conservation of energy
17.3.4 Newtonian fluids
13.6.0 Non-Newtonian fluids