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WorksheetsTopo Maps & Symbols
Total questions: 49
Worksheet time: 47mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the symbol?
a)
primary road
b)
secondary road
c)
railroad
d)
trail
2.
What do the red lines represent?
a)
highways, streets
b)
contour lines
c)
railroad
d)
trail
3.
What does black represent on a map?
a)
man made objects
b)
bodies of water
c)
cities
d)
roads
4.
What could be the lowest elevation in the depression?
a)
50 feet
b)
41 feet
c)
60 feet
d)
51 feet
5.
What does yellow or pink represent on a map?
a)
man made objects
b)
roads and highways
c)
cities
d)
bodies of water
6.
What color does purple represent?
a)
no vegetation
b)
woodlands
c)
buildings and roads
d)
area revised
7.
What is the map symbol (darker lines)?
a)
roads
b)
index contour
c)
contour interval
d)
waves
8.
What does white stand for on a map?
a)
wooded area
b)
area under revision
c)
no vegetation
d)
sand
9.
What does blue represent on a map?
a)
railroads
b)
airport
c)
hospital
d)
bodies of water
10.
What is this symbol?
a)
railroad crossing
b)
hospital
c)
airport
d)
boat dock
11.
What is this symbol?
a)
buildings
b)
railroads
c)
woodlands
d)
airports
12.
What is this symbol?
a)
sand
b)
woodlands
c)
forests
d)
snow capped areas
13.
What does green represent on a map?
a)
Forested or Grassy areas
b)
Muddy areas
c)
Swamps
d)
Bodies of water
14.
What is the symbol?
a)
railroad
b)
boat ramp
c)
picnic area
d)
bridge
15.
What is this symbol?
a)
primary road
b)
secondary road
c)
trail
d)
railroad
16.
What symbol is this?
a)
picnic area
b)
hospital
c)
camp area
d)
airport
17.
Determine the contour interval
a)
10 m
b)
20 m
c)
50 m
d)
100 m
18.
What is this symbol?
a)
mountain
b)
depression or sinkhole
c)
cave
d)
railroad central
19.
What does this image represent?
a)
mountain
b)
depression or sinkhole
c)
beaches
d)
cave
20.
Determine the contour interval:
a)
5 m
b)
10 m
c)
15 m
d)
20 m
21.
Determine the contour interval:
a)
5 m
b)
10 m
c)
15 m
d)
20 m
22.
What do close contour lines represent on a map?
a)
waterfall
b)
steep area
c)
gradual area
d)
river
23.
What do contour lines that are farther apart represent?
a)
waterfall
b)
steep area
c)
gradual area
d)
river
24.
What do the v-shaped contour lines represent?
a)
mountains
b)
steep areas
c)
gradual areas
d)
rivers
25.
Which direction is the river flowing?
a)
north
b)
south
c)
east
d)
west
26.
How many mountain tops does this map have?
a)
one
b)
two
c)
three
d)
four
27.
How many mountain peaks are represented?
a)
one
b)
two
c)
three
d)
four
28.
What could be the elevation of the mountain top?
a)
860 km
b)
840 km
c)
841 - 859 km
d)
861 - 869 km
29.
What do u-shaped contour lines represent?
a)
river
b)
ridge
c)
waterfall
d)
cave
30.
Match 1
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
31.
Match 2
a)
B
b)
C
c)
D
d)
E
32.
Match 3
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
33.
Match 4
a)
C
b)
D
c)
E
d)
F
34.
Match 5
a)
C
b)
D
c)
E
d)
F
35.
Match 6
a)
A
b)
B
c)
D
d)
E
36.
An area's height above sea level
a)
topography
b)
relief
c)
elevation
d)
GIS
37.
The difference between the highest and lowest points of an area:
a)
topography
b)
relief
c)
elevation
d)
GIS
38.
The shape of the land showing relief, elevation and land formations:
a)
topography
b)
relief
c)
elevation
d)
GIS
39.
Lines on a topographic map that connect lines of equal elevation:
a)
contour lines
b)
contour interval
c)
index contour
d)
contour loops
40.
The elevation from one contour line to the next:
a)
contour lines
b)
contour interval
c)
index contour
d)
contour loops
41.
This line is bold and darker and has the elevation indicated:
a)
contour lines
b)
index contour
c)
contour interval
d)
contour loops
42.
This is a navigation system using at least 3 or more satellites and a receiver to determine an exact location:
a)
GPS
b)
GIS
c)
UPS
d)
NIS
43.
Satellites use software to create interactive layered maps for a user to view:
a)
Global Positioning System
b)
Geographic Information System
c)
Global Topographic System
d)
Geographic Topographic System
44.
A sink hole or area on a topographic map that is identified using closed loops with little teeth called hachures that show a decrease in elevation as you move inward:
a)
mountain
b)
ocean
c)
depression
d)
island
45.
Find the contour interval:
a)
20 ft
b)
30 ft
c)
40 ft
d)
50 ft
46.
Find the contour interval:
a)
5 ft
b)
10 ft
c)
20 ft
d)
25 ft
47.
Find the contour interval:
a)
10 ft
b)
20 ft
c)
25 ft
d)
100 ft
48.
Determine the contour interval:
a)
20 ft
b)
25 ft
c)
40 ft
d)
50 ft
49.
What is the elevation of point B?
a)
800 ft
b)
850 ft
c)
900 ft
d)
1000 ft
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