People of the Earth: An Introduction to World Prehistory 14th Edition Solutions

A wide gap in the ring system of Saturn between the A ring and the B ring.

An uninterrupted band of light emitted by an incandescent solid, liquid, or gas under pressure.

The formation and growth of a crystalline solid from a liquid or gas.

The angular distance north or south of the celestial equator denoting the position of a celestial body.

Mass per unit volume of a substance, usually expressed as grams per cubic centimeter

A streamlined asymmetrical hill composed of glacial till. The steep side of the hill faces the direction from which the ice advanced.

That portion of the shore lying between the normal high and low water marks; the intertidal zone.

A rock formed by the crystallization of molten magma.

See Pluton.

A term often used synonymously with hypothesis but is less precise because it is sometimes used to describe a theory as well.

An extensive region on the ocean floor composed of thick accumulations of pillow basalts and other mafic rocks that in some cases exceed 30 kilometers in thickness.

A spherical shell composed of comets that orbit the Sun at distances generally greater than 10,000 times the Earth–Sun distance.

The nature of the change in atmospheric pressure over the past several hours. It can be a useful aid in short range weather prediction.

A positively charged subatomic particle found in the nucleus of an atom.

The local name given a chinook wind in southern California.

Seaward of the coast, this zone extends from the highest level of wave action during storms to the lowest tide level.

A small lake in a cirque.

The sound emitted by rapidly expanding gases along the channel of lightning discharge.

A ridge of sand that connects an island to the mainland or to another island.

That part of the total atmospheric pressure attributable to water-vapor content.