Vocab Unit 3 - Whitney Krupp

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