Solutions for Chapter 17: The Endocrine System

A large wedge-shaped mass of sediment that accumulates in subduction zones. Here, sediment is scraped from the subducting oceanic plate and accreted to the overriding crustal block.

An imaginary hollow sphere upon which the ancients believed the stars were hung and carried around Earth.

The temperature above which a material loses its magnetization.

The flat, low-lying portion of a stream valley subject to periodic inundation.

An ice-transported boulder that was not derived from bedrock near its present site.

A dense, dark nebula thought to be the birthplace of stars.

A number given to a celestial object to express its relative brightness.

A climate found on windward coasts from latitudes 40–65 degrees and dominated by maritime air masses. Winters are mild and summers are cool

The height to which convectional movements extend above Earth’s surface. The greater the mixing depth, the better the air quality.

The zone of beach that extends from the low-tide shoreline seaward to where waves break at low tide.

Atoms combine in order that each may have the electron arrangement of a noble gas; that is, the outer energy level contains eight neutrons.

The region of the Sun that radiates energy to space. The visible surface of the Sun.

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

A structure that results from the emplacement and crystallization of magma beneath the surface of Earth.

Already identified deposits from which minerals can be extracted profitably.

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

The columnlike form that grows upward from the floor of a cavern.

Seismic waves that travel along the outer layer of Earth.

A low-angle reverse fault.

Zone where all open spaces in sediment and rock are completely filled with water.