Campbell Biology: Concepts & Connections 7th Edition - Solutions by Chapter

That portion of the ocean where there is no sunlight.

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.

A pattern of cracks that form during cooling of molten rock to generate columns that are generally six-sided.

The transfer of heat by the movement of a mass or substance. It can take place only in fluids.

A relatively rapid type of mass wasting that involves a flow of soil and regolith containing a large amount of water. Also called mudflows.

A type of unconformity in which the beds above and below are parallel.

The apparent change in wavelength of radiation caused by the relative motions of the source and the observer.

The difference in height between the bottom of a cone of depression and the original height of the water table.

Celestial bodies that orbit stars, massive enough to be spherical but have not cleared their neighboring regions of planetesimals.

A ridge of till marking a former position of the front of a glacier.

Refers to the common or characteristic shape of a crystal, or aggregate of crystals.

Magma that reaches Earth’s surface.

A theory that is held with a very high degree of confidence and is comprehensive in scope.

A measure of a material’s ability to transmit water.

The eon following the Archean and preceding the Phanerozoic. It extends between about 2,500 million (2.5 billion) and 540 million years ago.

The spontaneous emission of certain unstable atomic nuclei.

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

A climate found north of the humid continental climate and south of the polar climate and characterized by bitterly cold winters and short, cool summers. Places within this climatic realm experience the highest annual temperature ranges on Earth.

Unsorted sediment deposited directly by a glacier.

The lowermost layer of the atmosphere. It is generally characterized by a decrease in temperature with height.