Unit Vocab 3

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