The Variety of Maps

According to the passage, which of the following can maps show?

• the way plates move

• the way volcanoes form

• how earthquakes occur

• borders of tectonic plates

What does this passage list?

• This passage lists different effects of volcanic eruptions.

• This passage lists different cartographers.

• This passage lists different examples of maps.

• This passage lists different ways maps are created.

Some maps indicate where volcanoes are located and earthquakes occur. Other maps show the weather in an area. Furthermore, certain maps called elevation maps show how high the land is.

What can be concluded about the way people use maps based on this information?

• People use a variety of maps to show or learn a variety of information about the earth.

• People are more likely to use weather maps than elevation of maps.

• Maps that show where volcanoes are located have evolved from elevation maps and weather maps.

• Maps are very similar no matter what kind of information about earth they are illustrating.

How would an elevation map of an area with hills differ from an elevation map of an area with mountains?

• The rings in the elevation map of an area with hills are farther apart. The rings in the elevation map of an area with mountains are closer together.

• The rings in the elevation map of an area with hills are closer together. The rings in the elevation map of an area with mountains are farther apart.

• The rings in the elevation map of an area with hills are thicker. The rings in the elevation map of an area with mountains are thinner.

• The rings in the elevation map of a hill are brighter. The rings in the elevation map of a mountain are darker.

What is the main idea of this passage?

• The closer the rings on an elevation map, the higher the land.

• Some elevation maps use color to illustrate where mountains are, changing color or getting darker or lighter as the peaks rise.

• The Ring of Fire is an area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where a large number of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes take place.

• Different types of maps are created to provide various kinds of information about the earth.

Read the following sentences:

“Other elevation maps use color to illustrate where mountains are, changing color or getting darker or lighter as the peaks rise.”

As used in the passage, what is the meaning of the word “illustrate”?

• to show

• to explain

• to draw

• to photograph

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.

Elevation maps show how high the land is in different ways. _________, some elevation maps use rings and others use color.

• On the other hand

• For example

• Although

• Because

What does the word "variety" mean?

• different kinds of something

• the same

• equal amounts

• distance

What does an elevation map show?

Name at least two of the different things weather maps can show.