Topographic Maps Answers

How is elevation shown on a topographic map?intermediate contoursindex contourscontour intervalscontour lines

What is the elevation at point B? [___]

What is the relief between points A and B? [___]

[___] contours appear as heavier lines on topographic maps and have numbers for a specific elevation.

The difference in elevation between contour lines is called the [___].

Use the drop-down menus to answer the questions about the topographic map.

Contour lines on topographic maps connect points of equal [___].

What is the elevation at point A? [___]

What is the elevation of Mount Rainier? [___]

What feature appears at point A on the topographic map?depressionswamproadschool

The value of the index contour line at point A is [___] feet.

Which activity describes an application of topographic maps? Check all that apply.recreation, such as camping and hikingengineering, such as the construction of roads and buildingsscience, such as mapping stars in the skybusiness, such as analyzing population centersscience, such as analyzing surface features

What is the contour interval of this topographic map? [___]

The symbol at point B indicates a [___] area.

✔ IndexIntermediate Interval

The elevation of point B is [___] feet.

contour index contour scale ✔ contour interval