unit three: earth science

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Across
  1. 2. a hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind
  2. 3. the difference in elevation from one contour line to the next
  3. 4. a huge, slow moving sheets of ice
  4. 7. A wide, sloping deposit of sediment formed where a stream leaves a mountain range
  5. 9. the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents
  6. 12. Global Positioning System
  7. 17. A landform made of sediment that is deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake
  8. 20. a long, relatively narrow island running parallel to the mainland-built up by the action of waves and currents and serving to protect the coast from erosion by surf and tidal surges.
  9. 21. the slow downhill movement of weathered rock material
  10. 22. the arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area.
  11. 24. A map that shows the surface features of an area.
  12. 26. On a topographic map, a heavier contour line that is labeled with elevation of that contour line
  13. 27. the place where land and a body of water meet
  14. 30. A computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data.
  15. 31. A wind-formed deposit made of fine particles of clay and silt
Down
  1. 1. the process in which material is laid down
  2. 5. the sliding down of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff.
  3. 6. an area along a river that forms from sediments deposited when the river overflows its banks
  4. 8. the arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area.
  5. 10. an underwater or exposed ridge of sand, gravel, or shell material
  6. 11. underwater or exposed ridge of sand, gravel, or shell material
  7. 13. the flow of a mass of mud or rock and soil mixed with a large amount of water
  8. 14. the difference in elevation between the highest and lowest parts of an area
  9. 15. the steepness or the degree of incline of a surface
  10. 16. an area of the shoreline that is made up of deposited sediment
  11. 18. the relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole
  12. 19. A line on a topographic map that connects points of equal elevation
  13. 23. water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock.
  14. 25. a group of loose rocks that fall down a steep slope
  15. 28. the general term for all of the materials carried and deposited by a glacier
  16. 29. held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock.