Earth's Surface Vocabulary Unit Three

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