Vocab Crossword

1. The process of gathering and analyzing information about an object without physically being in touch with the object.
4. A low ridge of sand that is deposited along a shore of a sea or lake.
5. When material is layed down.
6. A measure of the slant of a line; the ratio of rise over run.
8. The difference between the highest and lowest elevations in a given area; the variations in elevation of a land surface.
13. When forms of weather cause sediment or soil to transport from one location to another.
17. The difference in elevation between one contour line and the next.
18. The flow of a mass of mud or rock and soil mixed a large amount of water.
19. A mound of wind-deposited sand that moves as a result of the action of wind.
23. An automated system for capturing, storing, retrieving, analyzing, manipulated, and displaying geographic data.
26. The slow downhill movement of weathered rock material.
27. The sudden movement of rock and soil down a slope.
28. The relationship between the measurements on a model, map, or diagram and the actual measurement or distance.
29. Fine-grained sediments of quartz, feldspar, hornblende, mica, and clay deposited by the wind.

2. A network of satellites that orbit Earth to measure positions on Earth’s surface.
3. A line that connects points of equal elevation on a map.
7. A map that shows the surface features of Earth.
9. On a map, a darker, heavier contour line that is usually every fifth line and that indicates a change in elevation.
10. A large mass of ice that exists year-round and moves over land.
11. When a river forms from sediment deposited when a river overflows it's banks.
12. Materials that are deposited in a fan-like shape.
14. Water found underneath the Earth's surface.
15. A long ridge of sand or narrow island that lies parallel to the shore.
16. The size and shape of the land surface features of a region, including its relief.
20. The boundary between land and body of water.
21. The rapid mass movement of rock down a steep slope or cliff.
22. An area that is on the shorline made up of deposited sediment.
24. The rock material carried and deposited by glaciers.
25. When the slope of the land decreases sharply and deposits a fan-shaped material.