Topographic maps

What is the difference between an aerial image and satellite image ?

• Aerial images are taken from the ground and satellite images are taken from airplanes

• Aerial images are taken from space and satellite images are taken from the ground

• Aerial images are taken from airplanes and satellite images are taken from space

What do geological map show?

• Rock types

• Rock age

• Geological features

• Fault lines

• All of the above

What is topography?

• The size and/or shape of land features on earth

• measuring the slope of a land feature on earth

• the study of topographic maps

What is a contour line?

• Lines on a topographic map that connects different elevations

• Lines on a topographic map that connects EQUAL elevations

Which statement is true

• A contour line will ALWAYS fork or split

• A contour line can SOMETIMES fork or spilt

• A contour line will NEVER fork or split

A contour line that form a small, closed circle represent what ?

• A depression

• Stream valley

• Ridge

• Hill or mountain peak

• Ridge

How can you tell if a landform is a depression ?

• The contour line will be a closed circle

• There will be a 'v' that points upwards

• There will be a closed circle with short lines inside that point to the bottom of the depression

What is a map scale?

• The measurement of one point to another

• something that shows the relationship between distances and shapes