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100
relating to the air or atmosphere rather than on the ground.
What is aerial?
100
equally spaced lines
What is a grid?
100
a landform with low land between mountains. (U- shaped or V- shaped)
What is a valley?
100
rapid water from storms, hurricanes or melting of ice
What is a flash flood?
100
the average height of surface of the ocean
What is sea level?
200
processes that happen on the earth that "build up" the earth
What is constructive processes?
200
moving water leaves its banks in a snake-like pattern rather than straight
What is a meander?
200
a region's plant life
What is vegetation?
200
flat land adjacent to a river or stream that floods easily
What is a flood plain?
200
steepness of incline or dropoff
What is slope?
300
sediment is added to a landform such as a delta
What is deposition?
300
the top of a mountain ridge
What is a peak?
300
connecting points of the same elevation or height
What is contour lines?
300
a raised embankment (i.e. bags of sand), usually man-made, to stop flooding
What is a levee?
300
pressure forces magma through the vent of a volcano magma changes to lava as it comes to the earth's surface
What is a volcanic eruption?
400
wearing away of the earth's surface
What is erosion?
400
an instrument used to gather and measure precipitation
What is a rain gauge?
400
a landform at the mouth of a river where sediment has been deposited
What is a delta?
400
rapid movement downhill of a large mass of soil
What is a mud slide?
400
water moves soil from one location to another
What is water erosion?
500
overflow of water that covers the land
What is a flood?
500
fine sand carried by water and deposited in sediment
What is silt?
500
processes that happen on earth to break down or destroy the earth
What is destructive processes?
500
a vertical section of the earth's crust which shows physical features like color
What is a profile?
500
school that you attend
What is Horn Lake Intermediate School?