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

An average of the 12 monthly temperature means.

The bright lines produced by an incandescent gas under low pressure.

A substance formed by the chemical combination of two or more elements in definite proportions and usually having properties different from those of its constituent elements.

One of three basic cloud forms; also one of the three high cloud types. They are thin, delicate ice-crystal clouds often appearing as veil-like patches or thin, wispy fibers.

The fuzzy, gaseous component of a comet’s head.

The initial velocity an object needs to escape from the surface of a celestial body.

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

The large circular surface current pattern found in each ocean.

A complex zone of ionized gases that coincides with the lower portion of the thermosphere.

A cloud of interstellar gas and/or dust.

Passively drifting or weakly swimming organisms that cannot move independently of ocean currents. Includes microscopic algae, protozoa, jellyfish, and larval forms of many animals.

The theory that proposes that Earth’s outer shell consists of individual plates that interact in various ways and thereby produce earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, and the crust itself.

A resource that is virtually inexhaustible or that can be replenished over relatively short time spans.

A thin coating of ice on objects produced when supercooled fog droplets freeze on contact.

Any one of numerous minerals that have the oxygen and silicon tetrahedron as their basic structure.

The O, A, and B horizons in a soil profile. Living roots and other plant and animal life are largely confined to this zone.

A flow of groundwater that emerges naturally at the ground surface.

A small lake in a cirque.

A warning issued for areas of about 65,000 square kilometers (25,000 square miles), indicating that conditions are such that tornadoes may develop; it is intended to alert people to the possibility of tornadoes.

The upper portion of a glacier consisting of brittle ice.