Topographic Maps

What is the elevation of Y?

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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

Walking from point A to point B...

• You would walk up 10 m, then down 25 m, then up 45 m
• You would walk up 40 m, then down 60 m, then up 100 m
• You would walk at the same elevation 90 m
• You would walk down to the Creek, then up 50 m to the top of Holland Hill

If we were in a plane, Path B --> C is about the same distance as path E --> N. But, which path is the easier walk? 

• B --> C is the easier walk
• E --> N is the easier walk
• B --> C and E --> N are the same walking distance

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

What is the elevation of point B?

• 800 ft
• 850 ft
• 900 ft
• 1000 ft

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Determine the contour interval:

• 5 m
• 10 m
• 15 m
• 20 m

Tags

NGSS.4-ESS2-2

What do contour lines that are farther apart represent?

• waterfall
• steep area
• gentle slope
• river

Tags

NGSS.4-ESS2-2

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

• 120 m
• 240 m
• 360 m
• 340 m

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.3

Match the topographic map to its profile.

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Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This is a meteor crater. Which of the following is a prediction of how the crater will change over the next 1,000 years?

• The crater will become more shallow as the sides erode into the center.

• The crater will become deeper as animals make the crater home and burrow deep into the rock.

• The crater will not change over 1,000 years.

• The crater will fill in with lava.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2