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