Intro to Earth Science and Topographic Maps Review

How things interact with with the environment and each other is an example of which study?

• geology

• hydrology

• ecology

• astrology

Biosphere is:

• the solid part of the Earth

• all of the water on Earth

• where all life exists on Earth

• the envelope of gases that surround the Earth

Science that deals with the weather and climate is called:

• hydrology

• meteorology

• ecology

• astronomy

Lines that run east and west but measure north or south of the equator are lines of ________.

• contour

• longitude

• the Great African Rift

• latitude

All the water on Earth

• astronomy

• biosphere

• lithosphere

• hydrosphere

A line on a topographic map that connects points of equal elevation

• a contour line

• the contour line interval

• the hilltop

• the depression

The study of the universe is:

• Astronomy

• Astrology

• Meteorology

• Geology

The study of solid Earth is:

• ecology

• hydrology

• geology

• astronomy

Lines that run north and south that measure distances east or west of the prime meridian are lines of:

• latitude

• longitude

• contour

• parallelism

(Check all that apply.)

Contour line intervals are:

• maps that show the surface features of an area.

• found on a topographic map.

• the difference in elevation between consecutive contour lines.

• sometimes given by negative numbers.