Science Terms

2. The flow of a mass of mud or rock and soil mixed with a large amount of water.
4. The rapid mass of movement of rock down a steep slope or cliff.
10. The process of gathering and analyzing information about an object without physically being in touch with the object.
13. The size of a shape of the land surface features of a region, including it’s relife.
15. A long ridge of sand or narrow island that lies parallel to the shoreline.
16. The difference in elevation between one contour line and the next.
17. The difference between the highest and lowest elevations in a given area; the variations in elevation of a land surface.
18. A large mass of ice that exists year-round and mover over land.
20. A map that shows the surface features of Earth.
23. The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another.
24. An area of the shoreline that is made up of deposited sediment.
25. An area along a river that forms from sediments deposited when the river overflows its banks.
26. The water the is beneath Earth’s surface.
27. A measure of a slant of a line; the ratio of rise over run.
28. A slow downhill movement of weathered rock material.

1. A fan shaped mass of material deposited by a stream when the slope of the land decreases sharply.
3. The rock material carried and deposited by glaciers.
5. On a map, a darker, heavier contour line that is usually every fifth line and indicates a change in elevation.
6. A mound of wind-deposited sand that moves as a result of the action of the wind.
7. The sudden movement of rock and soil down a slope.
8. A line that connects points of equal elevation on a map.
9. Fine-grained sediments of quarts, feldspar, hornblende, mica, and clay deposited by the wind.
11. The boundary between land and a body of water.
12. The relationship between the measurements on a model, map, or diagram and the actual measurement of distance.
14. A network of satellites that orbit Earth to measure positions on Earth’s surface.
19. A low ridge of sand deposited along the shore of a lake or sea.
21. The process in which material is laid down.
22. A mass of material deposited in a triangular or fan shape at the mouth of a river or stream.