Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics 8th Edition - Solutions by Chapter

The most common form of coal, often called soft, black coal.

The property of a lens whereby light of different colors is focused at different places.

A cloud that has its base in the low-height range but extends upward into the middle or high altitudes.

A pass between mountain valleys where the headwalls of two cirques intersect.

Changes in rock caused by the heat from a nearby magma body.

The depression at the summit of a volcano, or that which is produced by a meteorite impact.

See Habit.

The variation of an ellipse from a circle.

The boundary between two adjoining air masses having contrasting characteristics.

A coating of ice on objects formed when supercooled rain freezes on contact.

An igneous pluton that is not tabular in shape.

An igneous texture consisting of large crystals embedded in a matrix of much smaller crystals.

A large, cool star of high luminosity; a star occupying the upper-right portion of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram.

The speed at which a particle falls through a still fluid. The size, shape, and specific gravity of particles influence settling velocity.

A sudden and tremendous eruption in the solar chromosphere.

The equinox that occurs on March 21–22 in the Northern Hemisphere and on September 21–23 in the Southern Hemisphere.

The layer of the atmosphere immediately above the troposphere, characterized by increasing temperatures with height, owing to the concentration of ozone.

A marshy or muddy area that is covered and uncovered by the rise and fall of the tide.

A bench or shelf in the bedrock at sea level, cut by wave erosion.

The state of the atmosphere at any given time.