Topographic maps

Topographic maps

Multiple Choice

What is the most likely elevation of the mountain peak? (Contour interval is 100 m)

• 1550  meters
•  1652 meters
• 1500 meters
• 1700 meters

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The youngest rocks on the seafloor are most likely found...

• closest to a mid-ocean ridge
• farthest from a mid-ocean ridge
• near the coastlines
• closest to a deep sea trench

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The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge were both created by this type of plate boundary. 

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• subduction

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How many mountain peaks are represented?

• one
• two
• three
• four

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How many mountain tops does this map have?

• one
• two
• three
• four

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What do close contour lines represent on a map?

• waterfall
• steep area
• gradual area
• river

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What is the elevation at sea level?

• 0
• 100m
• 20m
• 3000m

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What is the elevation of point B? (Contour interval is 100m)

• 800 ft
• 850 ft
• 900 ft
• 1000 ft

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What is the profile view to Topographic Map #2?

• B
• C
• D
• E

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What is the profile view to Topographic Map #1?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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Match topographic map #3 with the appropriate profile.

• A

• B

• C

• D

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Match topographic map #4 with the appropriate profile.

• C

• D

• E

• F

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Which side is steeper?

• The left side of the hill

• The right side of the hill

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Provided is a topographic map of a hill with contour lines drawn showing elevation in meters.
The steepest slope on this hill can be found on the side that is facing which direction?

• Southwest
• Northeast
• Northwest
• Southeast

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What are the darker lines called?

• roads
• index contour
• contour interval
• waves

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Determine the contour interval:

• 5 m
• 10 m
• 15 m
• 20 m

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What feature is at the arrow?

• volcano
• mountain
• cliff
• river

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What is the contour interval on this map?

• 100
• 10
• 15
• 20

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What is the highest elevation this hill could possibly have? (might not be labeled)

• 1040
• 1060
• 1079
• 1009

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Which topographic map matches formation C?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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Which side of Holland Hill is the steepest?

• North
• South
• East 
• West

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What is the elevation of the peak of the small island on the left side?

• About 20 meters
• About 40 meters
• About 60 meters
• About 200 meters

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In which direction is Mill River flowing?

• Southeast
• Southwest
• Northeast
• Northwest

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

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

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If contour lines are close together, then the slope is

• gentle
• steep
• flat
• going up and down

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This layer is divided into pieces called tectonic plates.

• Mesosphere
• Asthenosphere
• Mantle
• Lithosphere

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What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

• Rift Valley
• Mid-Ocean Ridge
• Island Arc
• Flat land

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Which answer below correctly describes the formation of a volcanic island arc?

• Islands are created along the mid ocean ridge as new oceanic crust is formed.

• Islands are created one at a time as the plate moves across a hot spot in the mantle.

• Islands are created along a subduction zone as oceanic crust is forced back down in to the mantle.

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Trenches, deep underwater canyons on the sea floor are created at this type of boundary 

• Divergent
• Convergent, Subduction Zone
• Transform 

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What is the process that continually adds new crust to the ocean floor along both sides of the mid-ocean ridge?

• subduction

• continental drift

• convergent

• sea floor spreading

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What type of plate boundary is this?

• Plate
• Divergent
• Convergent
• Transform

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What type of event will occur at this boundary?

• Earthquake
• Volcano Eruption
• Tornado
• Mountain Building

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In sea-floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts

• along the edges of all the continents.

• along mid-ocean ridges.

• in deep-ocean trenches.

• at the north and south poles.

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What is the difference in elevation between Point X and Point Y?

• 120 m
• 240 m
• 360 m
• 340 m

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What is the elevation of point B?

• 800 ft
• 850 ft
• 900 ft
• 1000 ft

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Match the topographic map to its profile picture.

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Match the topographic map to its profile.

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If the lines are close together on the map, it means that the rise/drop is ________________

• Steep

• Gradual

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If the lines are far apart, it means it is a slow or ________________ rise/drop

• Gradual

• Steep