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Topographic Map Quiz: Multiple Choice

The document is a multiple choice quiz about topographic maps. It tests knowledge of contour lines, elevation, relief, and other topographic map concepts. It contains 7 multiple choice questions and 2 matching sections with 14 total items assessing understanding of key terms like contour interval, elevation, relief, geologic units, and topography.

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Topographic Map Quiz: Multiple Choice

The document is a multiple choice quiz about topographic maps. It tests knowledge of contour lines, elevation, relief, and other topographic map concepts. It contains 7 multiple choice questions and 2 matching sections with 14 total items assessing understanding of key terms like contour interval, elevation, relief, geologic units, and topography.

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Topographic map quiz

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. On a topographic map, contour lines that form a circle indicate a(n) ____.
a. lake c. hill
b. ocean d. depression

____ 2. In Figure 1-2, what is the distance from point B to point C?


a. 4 miles c. 5 kilometers
b. 6 miles d. 4 kilometers
____ 3. In Figure 1-2, what is the contour interval of the map?
a. 10 feet c. 100 feet
b. 50 feet d. 25 feet
____ 4. In Figure 1-2, what is the approximate difference in elevation between point E and point D?
a. 7500 feet c. 750 feet
b. 1000 feet d. 1500 feet
____ 5. In Figure 1-2, what is the elevation of Sugar Loaf Mountain?
a. 11,300 feet c. 1130 feet
b. 15,000 feet d. 10,000 feet
____ 6. A contour interval is the
a. difference in elevation between one contact line and the next.
b. difference in color between one contour line and the next.
c. difference in rock age between one geologic unit and the next.
d. difference in elevation between one contour line and the next.
____ 7. What is the term that describes a specific location’s height above sea level?
a. relief c. topography
b. contour d. elevation
____ 8. What is an isogram on a map?
a. a point representing the unique value of a quantity in an area
b. a line representing the difference in elevation in two areas
c. a line representing an equal value of a quantity given
d. an area representing a range of temperatures
____ 9.

The highest elevation on this topographic map can be no more than about:
a. 25 meters c. 45 meters
b. 34 meters d. 49 meters

Matching

Match each item with the correct term below.


a. a volume of rock of a given type and age range
b. height above sea level of land or an object
c. size and shape of Earth’s surface features
d. line connecting points of equal elevation on a map
e. difference between the highest and lowest elevations
____ 10. contour line
____ 11. topography
____ 12. relief
____ 13. geologic unit
____ 14. elevation
Topographic map quiz
Answer Section

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: L1 OBJ: 1.8


2. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: L1 OBJ: 1.8
3. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: L1 OBJ: 1.8
4. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: L2 OBJ: 1.8
5. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: L2 OBJ: 1.8
6. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 3
OBJ: 1
7. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 2
OBJ: 1
8. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 2
OBJ: 3
9. ANS: B PTS: 1

MATCHING

10. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 3


OBJ: 1
11. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 3
OBJ: 1
12. ANS: E PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 3
OBJ: 1
13. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 3
OBJ: 2
14. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 3
OBJ: 1

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