Topography and Satellite Images

What are the curved lines on a topographic map called?

• contour lines

• contour intervals

• slope

• elevation

If contour lines are close together, then the slope is

• gentle

• steep

• flat

• going up and down

The height above sea level is called

• topographic

• contour

• elevation

• depth

What do contour lines that are farther apart represent?

• waterfall

• steep area

• gentle slope

• river

Determine the contour interval:

• 5 m

• 10 m

• 15 m

• 20 m

Match the topographic map to its profile.

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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.

Which of the following best describes how mountains change over time?

• The elevation of the peaks will decrease due to erosion.

• The elevation of the peaks will increase due to weathering.

• The elevation of the peaks will increase due to deposition.

• Mountains stay the same, they never change.

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

• 1040

• 1060

• 1079

• 1009

What feature is at the arrow?

• volcano

• mountain

• cliff

• river