Science Vocab

2. An automated system for capturing, storing, retrieving, analyzing, manipulating, and displaying geographic information.
6. The size and shape of the land surface of a region, including its relief
9. The process of gathering and analyzing information about an object without physically being in touch with the object
12. On a map a darker, heavier, contour line that is usually every fifth line and that indicates a change in elevation
14. The sudden movement of rock and soil down a slope
17. The rock material carried and deposited by glaciers.
19. A line that connects points of equal elevation on a map
20. The flow of a mass of mud or rock and soil mixed with large amount of water.
21. A mass of material deposited in a triangular or fan shape at the mouth of a river or stream
23. A fan-shaped mass of material by a stream when the slope of the land decreases sharply
26. The water that is beneath Earth's surface
27. The difference between the highest and lowest elevations in a given area; the variations in elevation of a land surface
28. The process in which material is laid down

1. The boundary between land and a body of water.
3. A measure of the slant of a line; the ratio of rise over run
4. A map that shows the surface features of earth
5. The slow downhill movement of weathered rock material
7. A network of satellites that orbit Earth to measure positions on Earth's surface.
8. An area of the shoreline that is made up of deposited sediment
10. The relationship between the measurements on a model, map, or diagram and the actual measurement or distance
11. A large mass of ice that exists year round and moves over land
13. The difference in elevation between one contour line and the next
15. An area along a river that forms from sediments deposited when the river overflows its banks.
16. A long ridge of sand or narrow island that lies parallel to the shore
18. The rapid mass movement of rock down a steep slope or cliff
22. The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another.
24. A mound of wind deposited sand that moves as a result of the action of the wind.
25. Fine grained sediments of quartz, feldspar, hornblende, mica, and clay deposited by the wind