Vocab choice board

3. The relationship between between the measurements on a model, map or diagram and the actual measurement of distance.
5. The difference in elevation between one contour line and the next.
7. The difference between the highest and lowest elevations in a given area; the variations in elevation of a land surface.
8. An area of shoreline that is made of deposited sediment.
10. A line that connects points of equal elevation on a map.
11. the slow downhill movement of weathered rock.
12. The sudden movement of rock and soil down a slope.
13. The process in which material is laid down.
15. A map that shows the surface features of Earth.
16. The rock material carried and deposited by glaciers.
17. The water that is beneath Earth's surface.
18. The flow of a mass and soil mixed with a large amount of water.
20. Fine-grained sediments of quartz, feldspar,hornblende, mica, clay deposited by wind.
22. A mass of material deposited in a triangular or fan shape at the mouth of a river or stream.
23. A long ridge of sand or narrow island that lies parallel to the shore.
25. The size and shape of the land surface features of a region, including its relief.
26. A low ridge of sand deposited along the shore of a lake or sea.
27. A network of satellites that orbit Earth to measure positions on earth's surface.
29. Amount of wind-deposited sand that moves as a result of the action of the wind.

1. The process of gathering and analyzing information about an object without physically being in touch with the object.
2. A fan-shaped mass of material deposited by a stream when the slope of the land decreases sharply.
4. On a map, a darker, heavier contour line that is usually every fifth line and that indicates a change in elevation.
6. The rapid mass movement of rock down a steep slope or cliff.
9. An automated system for capturing, storing, retrieving, analyzing, manipulating, and displaying geographic data.
14. The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another.
19. An area along a river that forms from sediment deposited when the river bank overflows.
21. The boundary between land and a body of water.
24. A large mass of ice that exists year-round and moves over land.
28. A measure of the slant of a line; the ratio of rise over run