Quarter 1 Vocabulary
alluvial fan
barrier island
beach
chemical weathering
contour interval
contour line
creep
delta
deposition
dune
erosion
erratic
eskers
floodplain
Geographic Information System GIS
glacial drift
glacier
Global Positioning System
groundwater
Igneous
index contour
Kettles
landslide
loess
mechanical weathering
Metamorphic
moraines
mud flow
reference point
relief
Remote sensing
rockfall
sandbar
scale
Sedimentary
shoreline
slope
tills
topographic map
topography
A fan shaped mass of material deposited by a stream when the slope of
the land decreases sharply
A long ridge of sand or narrow island that lies parallel to the shore
An area of shoreline that is made up of deposited sediment
Chemical reactions break down rock
The difference in elevation from one contour line to the next
The line that connects equal elevation on the map
A slow downhill movement of weathered rock material
A mass of material deposited in a triangular or fan shape at the mouth
of the river
The process in which material is laid down
Mound of wind deposited sand that moves as a result of the action of
the wind
The process in which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and
sediment from one location to another
Rock or boulder that differs from surrounding rock
Large and long deposit of gravel left by a river running under a glacier
An area along a river that forms when the river overflows its banks
An automated system for capturing, storing, retrieving, analyzing,
manipulating, and displaying geographic data
The rock materials carried and deposited by glaciers
A large mass of ice that moves over land
A network of satellites that orbit earth to measure positions on earth’s
surface
The water that is beneath earth’s surface
Formed through cooling and solidification of magma or lava
On a map, a darker, heavier contour line that is usually every fifth line
and indicates a change in elevation
Lake created by glacial outwash
The sudden movement of rock and soil down a slope
The fine grained sediments of quarts, feldspar, hornblende, mica, and
clay deposited by the wind
Processes that break rocks apart into smaller pieces
Rock formed by extreme heat and pressure
Deposits of soil and rock created by glaciers
The flow of a mass of mud or rock and a soil mixed with a large amount
of water
Used to describe the location of something in relationship to something
else
The difference between the highest and the lowest elevations in a given
area
The process of gathering and analyzing information about an object
without being physically in contact with the object
The rapid mass movement of rock down a steep slope
The low ridge of sand deposited along a shore of a lake or sea
The relationship between measurements on a model, map, or diagram
and the actual measurement or distance
Rock formed by small particles that have been deposited
The boundary between land and the body of water
The measure of the slant of a line
Sediment deposited at the end of a glacier
Shows the surface features of earth
The size and shape of the land surface features of a region, including its
relief