WorksheetsTopographical maps
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 35mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What could be the lowest elevation in the depression?
a)
50 feet
b)
41 feet
c)
60 feet
d)
51 feet
2.
What is the map symbol (darker lines)?
a)
roads
b)
index contour
c)
contour interval
d)
waves
3.
Determine the contour interval
a)
10 m
b)
20 m
c)
50 m
d)
100 m
4.
What is this symbol?
a)
mountain
b)
depression or sinkhole
c)
cave
d)
railroad central
5.
What does this image represent?
a)
mountain
b)
depression or sinkhole
c)
beaches
d)
cave
6.
Determine the contour interval:
a)
5 m
b)
10 m
c)
15 m
d)
20 m
7.
Determine the contour interval:
a)
5 m
b)
10 m
c)
15 m
d)
20 m
8.
What do close contour lines represent on a map?
a)
waterfall
b)
steep area
c)
gradual area
d)
river
9.
What do contour lines that are farther apart represent?
a)
waterfall
b)
steep area
c)
gradual area
d)
river
10.
Which direction is the river flowing?
a)
north
b)
south
c)
east
d)
west
11.
How many mountain tops does this map have?
a)
one
b)
two
c)
three
d)
four
12.
How many mountain peaks are represented?
a)
one
b)
two
c)
three
d)
four
13.
Match 1
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
14.
Match 2
a)
B
b)
C
c)
D
d)
E
15.
Match 3
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
16.
Match 4
a)
C
b)
D
c)
E
d)
F
17.
Match 5
a)
C
b)
D
c)
E
d)
F
18.
Match 6
a)
A
b)
B
c)
D
d)
E
19.
An area's height above sea level
a)
topography
b)
relief
c)
elevation
d)
GIS
20.
The elevation from one contour line to the next:
a)
contour lines
b)
contour interval
c)
index contour
d)
contour loops
21.
Lines on a topographic map that connect lines of equal elevation:
a)
contour lines
b)
contour interval
c)
index contour
d)
contour loops
22.
This line is bold and darker and has the elevation indicated:
a)
contour lines
b)
index contour
c)
contour interval
d)
contour loops
23.
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
24.
Find the contour interval:
a)
20 ft
b)
30 ft
c)
40 ft
d)
50 ft
25.
Find the contour interval:
a)
5 ft
b)
10 ft
c)
20 ft
d)
25 ft
26.
Find the contour interval:
a)
10 ft
b)
20 ft
c)
25 ft
d)
100 ft
27.
Determine the contour interval:
a)
20 ft
b)
25 ft
c)
40 ft
d)
50 ft
28.
What is the elevation of point B?
a)
800 ft
b)
850 ft
c)
900 ft
d)
1000 ft
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