Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis in Java 3rd Edition - Solutions by Chapter

A large mass of igneous rock that formed when magma was emplaced at depth, crystallized, and subsequently exposed by erosion.

Mineral group whose members contain the carbonate ion and one or more kinds of positive ions. Calcite is a common example.

An apparent group of stars originally named for mythical characters. The sky is presently divided into 88 constellations.

See Anemometer.

A stream that is usually dry because it carries water only in response to specific episodes of rainfall. Most desert streams are of this type.

A partially enclosed coastal water body that is connected to the ocean. Salinity here is measurably reduced by the freshwater flow of rivers

An organism whose genetic material is enclosed in a nucleus; plants, animals, and fungi are eukaryotes.

A valley formed by the downward displacement of a fault-bounded block.

A layer in a soil profile.

See Volcanic island arc.

Depressions created when blocks of ice became lodged in glacial deposits and subsequently melted.

A tidal pattern exhibiting two high tides and two low tides per tidal day with a large inequality in high water heights, low water heights, or both. Coastal locations that experience such a tidal pattern may also show alternating periods of diurnal and semidiurnal tidal patterns. Also called mixed semidiurnal.

A star of extremely high density composed entirely of neutrons.

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 large, relatively flat expanse of ancient metamorphic rock within the stable continental interior.

An elongated ridge of sand that projects from the land into the mouth of an adjacent bay.

A coherent unit of Earth’s rigid outer layer that includes the crust and upper unit.

Seafloor sediments derived from terrestrial weathering and erosion.

The state of the atmosphere at any given time.

A pyroclastic rock composed of particles that have been fused together by the combination of heat still contained in the deposit after it has come to rest and by the weight of overlying material.