Solutions for Chapter 3: The Cellular Level of Organization

Mountains in which great horizontal forces have shortened and thickened the crust. Most major mountain belts are of this type.

In addition to the tasks performed by conventional radar, this new generation of weather radar can detect motion directly and hence greatly improve tornado and severe storm warnings.

The largest time unit on the geologic time scale, next in order of magnitude above era.

The tidal current associated with the increase in the height of the tide.

Small earthquakes that often precede a major earthquake.

A fountain of hot water ejected periodically.

Radiation with a wavelength from 0.7 to 200 micrometers.

The depletion of soluble materials from the upper soil by downward-percolating water.

Small solid particles that have orbits in the solar system.

An unconformity in which older metamorphic or intrusive igneous rocks are overlain by younger sedimentary strata.

A continuous elevated zone on the floor of all the major ocean basins and varying in width from 500 to 5,000 kilometers (300–3,000 miles). The rifts at the crests of ridges represent divergent plate boundaries.

The part of the environment that encompasses water, air, soil, and rock, as well as conditions such as temperature, humidity, and sunlight.

A device consisting of two thermometers (wet bulb and dry bulb) that is rapidly whirled and, with the use of tables, yields the relative humidity and dew point.

A layer of soil that has identifiable characteristics produced by chemical weathering and other soil-forming processes.

A classification of a star according to the characteristics of its spectrum.

Wind-generated waves that have moved into an area of weaker winds or calm.

The Japanese word for a seismic sea wave.

The upper level of the saturated zone of groundwater.

The horizontal distance separating successive crests or troughs.

Animal plankton.