Vocab Words

2. Remote Sensing - the steepness or the degree of incline of a surface.
5. Contour - on a map, a darker, heavier contour line that is usually every fifth line and that indicates a change in elevation
7. Drift - the rock material carried and deposited by glaciers
8. Positioning System - a network of satellites that orbit Earth to measure positions on Earth's surface
11. - a mass of material deposited in a triangular or fan shape at the mouth of a river or stream
13. - the relationship between the measurements on a model, map, or diagram, and the actual measurement or distance
15. - the boundary between land and a body of water
16. Information System - an automated system for capturing, storing, retrieving, analyzing, manipulating, and displaying geographic data
17. - the flow of a mass of mud or rock and soil mixed with a large amount of water
19. Interval - the difference in elevation from one contour line to the next
20. - the water that is beneath Earth's surface
22. - the difference in elevation between the highest and lowest parts of an area
23. The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another.
24. - A low ridge of sand deposited along the shore of a lake or sea.
26. - the slow downhill movement of weathered rock material

1. Map - a map that shows the surface features of Earth
3. - the sudden movement of rock and soil down a slope
4. - the rapid mass movement of rock down a steep slope or cliff
6. Fan - a fan-shaped mass of material deposited by a stream when the slope of the land decreases sharply
7. - a large mass of ice that exists year-round and moves over land
9. - an area of the shoreline that is made up of deposited sediment
10. - fine-grained sediments of quartz, feldspar, hornblende, mica, and clay deposited by the wind
12. - an area along a river that forms from sediments deposited when the river overflows its banks
14. - the flow of a mass of mud or rock and soil mixed with a large amount of water
18. - the process in which material is laid down
19. Line - a line that connects points of equal elevation on a map
21. - a mound of wind-deposited sand that moves as a result of the action of wind
25. Island - a long ridge of sand or narrow island that lies parallel to the shore