Science Unit 3 Vocab

3. The difference in elevation between one contour line and the next.
7. A mass of material deposited in a triangular or fan shape at the mouth of a river or stream.
10. A long ridge of sand or narrow island that lies parallel to the shore.
11. Fine-grained sediments of quartz, feldspar, hornblende, mica, and clay deposited by the wind.
12. The rock material carried and deposited by glaciers.
16. The process by which wind, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another.
17. A mound of wind-deposited sand that moves as a result of the action of wind.
18. A boundary between land and a body of water.
21. A line that connects points of equal elevation on a map.
22. An area along a river that forms from sediments deposited when the river overflows its banks.
24. The flow of a mass of mud or rock and soil mixed with a large amount of water.
25. A network of satellites that orbit the Earth to measure positions on Earth's surface.

1. The water that is beneath Earth's surface.
2. A large mass of ice that exists year-round and moves over land.
4. The rapid mass movement of rock down a steep slope of cliff.
5. The difference between the highest and lowest elevations in a given area; the variations in elevation of a land surface.
6. The sudden movement of rock and soil down a slope.
8. A low ridge of sand deposited along the shore of a lake or sea.
9. The size and shape of the land surface features of a region including its relief.
13. A fan-shaped mass of material deposited by a stream when the slope of the land decreases sharply.
14. On a map, a darker, heavier contour contour line that is usually every fifth line and that indicates a change in elevation
15. The slow downhill movement of weathered rock material.
17. The process in which material is laid down.
18. The relationship between the measurements on a model, map, or diagram and the actual measurement of distance.
19. An area of shoreline that is made up of deposited sediment.
20. An automated system for capturing, storing, retrieving, analyzing, manipulating, and displaying geographic data.
23. A map that shows the surface features of Earth.