Hot
Across
- 3. The water that is beneath Earth’s surface
- 5. An area of the shoreline that is made up of deposited sediment
- 7. The flow of a mass of mud or rock and soil mixed with a large amount of water
- 11. The difference in elevation between one contour line and the next
- 13. The slow downhill movement of weathered rock material
- 15. The rock material carried and deposited by glaciers
- 17. The relationship between the measurement on a model, map, or diagram and the actual measurement or distance
- 18. The difference between the highest and lowest elevations in a given area; the variations in elevation of a land surface
- 19. The boundary between land and a body of water
- 20. A line that connects points of equal elevation on a map
- 24. A long ridge of sand or narrow island that lies parallel to the shore
- 25. The sudden movement of rock and soil down a slope
- 27. The process of gathering information about an object without physically being in touch with an object
- 29. The rapid mass movement of rock down a steep slope or cliff
Down
- 1. A mass of material deposited in a triangular or fan shape at the mouth of a river or stream
- 2. On a map, a darker, heavier contour line that is usually every fifth line and that indicates a change in elevation
- 4. A low ridge of sand deposited along the shore of a lake or sea
- 6. The size and shape of the land surface features of a region, including its relief
- 8. A map that shows the surface features of Earth
- 9. An area along a river that forms from sediments deposited when the river overflows its bank
- 10. A mound of wind-deposited sand that moves as a result of the action of wind
- 12. A fan-shaped mass of material deposited by a stream when the slope of the land decreases sharply
- 14. A network of satellites that orbit Earth to measure positions on Earth’s surface
- 16. Fine grained sediment of quartz, feldspar, hornblende, mica, and clay deposited by the wind
- 21. The process in which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another
- 22. A large mass of ice that exists year-round and moves over land
- 23. A system for storing, retrieving, analyzing, manipulating and displaying geographic data
- 26. The process in which material is laid down
- 28. A measure of the slant of a line; the ratio of rise over run