2022Topographic maps

Multiple Choice

Volcanic eruptions create new land by adding

• gases to the air
• heat to the soil
• new rock to Earth's surface
• water vapor to the air

Multiple Choice

What are the two types of crust?

• Convergent and Divergent

• Continental and Oceanic

• Trench and Island Arc

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How is the subduction zone formed?

• When two plates slide each past each other

• When two plates move toward each other

• When one tectonic plate sinks below another

Multiple Choice

The formation of the Philippine archipelago is the result of the?

• Continental-oceanic convergence

• Oceanic-Continental Convergence

• Oceanic-Oceanic Convergence

Multiple Choice

When pressure builds between two tectonic plates, it can suddenly release causing a (an) ______________________

• Earthquake
• Volcano
• Convection Current
• Gravitational Pull

Multiple Choice

What are the curved lines on a topographic map called?

• contour lines
• contour intervals
• slope
• elevation

Topographic maps

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Multiple Choice

The height above sea level is called

• topographic
• contour
• elevation
• depth

Multiple Choice

What are the curved lines on a topographic map called?

• contour lines
• contour intervals
• slope
• elevation

Multiple Choice

When you move from one contour line to another, the elevation

• stays the same
• goes up or down
• disappears
• is below sea level

Multiple Choice

If contour lines are close together, then the slope is

• gentle
• steep
• flat
• going up and down

Multiple Choice

In which direction is Mill River flowing?

• Southeast
• Southwest
• Northeast
• Northwest

Multiple Choice

What is the elevation of Y?

• Between 120-140 meters
• Between 100-120 meters
• Between 140-160 meters
• Between 80-100 meters

Multiple Choice

What feature is formed at B?

• river
• rift valley
• sink hole
• mountain

Multiple Choice

Which side of Holland Hill is the steepest?

• North
• South
• East 
• West

Multiple Choice

What feature is at the arrow?

• volcano
• mountain
• cliff
• river