Topographic maps vocabulary Quiz

The size and shape of the land surface features of a region, including its relief

• Topogrphic map
• Topography 
• Contour lines 
• Con tour interval 

a map that shows the surface features of Earth

• road map
• water map
• topogrphic map
• Mountain map

A line that connects points of equal elevation on a map 

• contour interval 
• contour line
• contour legend
• contour car

The difference between the highest and the lowest elevations in a given area; the variation in elevation of a land surface 

• Contour line
• Topographic Map 
• Slope
• Relief 

the difference in elevation between one contour line and the next

• Relief 
• Contour line 
• Space in between 
• Contour Interval 

a Darker heavier contour line that is usually every fifth line 

• Contour line 
• Index Contour
• Index Space
• index Card

a measure of the slant of a line; the ratio of rise over run

• Slant
• Flat 
• Steep 
• Slope

The relationship between the measurement of a model, or diagram, and the actual measurement or distance 

• Common ground
• Contour intercval 
• Scale
• Slope