This document contains a series of questions about topographic maps and elevations. Questions 1-5 refer to Map A and ask about specific elevation points. Questions 6-9 refer to Map B and ask about elevation changes between points on that map. Questions 10-11 refer to Map C and ask about the elevation of Burkes Lookout and terrain. The remaining questions cover highest mountains by state/territory in Australia, the difference in elevation between Mt. Kosciuszko and Mt. Everest, low-lying areas in Australia, and the lowest and highest continental elevations globally.
This document contains a series of questions about topographic maps and elevations. Questions 1-5 refer to Map A and ask about specific elevation points. Questions 6-9 refer to Map B and ask about elevation changes between points on that map. Questions 10-11 refer to Map C and ask about the elevation of Burkes Lookout and terrain. The remaining questions cover highest mountains by state/territory in Australia, the difference in elevation between Mt. Kosciuszko and Mt. Everest, low-lying areas in Australia, and the lowest and highest continental elevations globally.
This document contains a series of questions about topographic maps and elevations. Questions 1-5 refer to Map A and ask about specific elevation points. Questions 6-9 refer to Map B and ask about elevation changes between points on that map. Questions 10-11 refer to Map C and ask about the elevation of Burkes Lookout and terrain. The remaining questions cover highest mountains by state/territory in Australia, the difference in elevation between Mt. Kosciuszko and Mt. Everest, low-lying areas in Australia, and the lowest and highest continental elevations globally.
This document contains a series of questions about topographic maps and elevations. Questions 1-5 refer to Map A and ask about specific elevation points. Questions 6-9 refer to Map B and ask about elevation changes between points on that map. Questions 10-11 refer to Map C and ask about the elevation of Burkes Lookout and terrain. The remaining questions cover highest mountains by state/territory in Australia, the difference in elevation between Mt. Kosciuszko and Mt. Everest, low-lying areas in Australia, and the lowest and highest continental elevations globally.
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Topographic Maps Independent Practice
Questions 1 -5 refer to Map A shown below.
1. What is the elevation in meters of point X? ___________
2. What is the elevation in meters of point Y? ___________ 3. What is the elevation in meters of point Z? ___________
4. What is the difference in elevation in meters between points X and Y?
______________________________________ 5. What is the difference in elevation in meters between point Y and the highest point on this landform? _______________________________________________
Map A
Questions 6 -9 refer to Map B shown below.
Contour Interval: 20 m Highest Point 1 6. What is the elevation in meters of point G? _________
7. What is the elevation in meters of point H? _________
8. The location of two hikers is marked on the topographic map to the right as points F and H.
Each hiker climbed to point G along the path indicated by the arrow. What was the change in
elevation for the hiker that took the steepest path to point G?
______________________________________________
9. What is the difference in elevation in meters between the starting points of the two hikers?
_________________________________________
Map B
Contour Interval: 10 m
Questions 10 -11 refer to Map C. Olinda & Dandenong Ranges shown below.
2 Map C
10. What is the elevation of Burkes lookout in meters above sea level?
11. The contour lines on the above map are extremely close together. What does this tell us about the geography of this local landscape?
12. What other defining feature/s do you observe about the landscape of this area?
Elevations
3 Australia is the lowest continent in the world with an average elevation of only 330 metres. The highest points on the other continents are all more than twice the height of Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko which is 2228 metres above sea level. The world's highest mountain, Mount Everest is 8848 metres above sea level, almost four times the height of Mount Kosciuszko.
Map D: Australia Areas of elevation above sea level.
13. Name the highest mountain above sea level for each Australian state or territory:
New South Wales: ________________________ (2228 m)
Victoria: _______________________ (1986 m)
South Australia: ________________________ (1435 m)
Western Australia: ________________________ (1253 m)
Tasmania: ________________________ (1617 m)
Queensland: ________________________ (1611m)
Northern Territory: ________________________ (1531 m)
Australia Capital Territory (ACT): ____________Peak (1912 m)
14. Name the two states with the highest mountain peak?
4 __________________________________ and ______________________________
15. The world's highest mountain in Nepal, Mount Everest is 8848 metres above sea level. How many metres higher is Mt Everest compared to Australia’s Mt Kosciuszko? Mt Everest Base Camp
__________________________________
16. What area of Australia is recorded as below sea level. Note: The area is shaded on the map, but not labelled. Use an atlas or reliable map to identify the name of this area. __________________________________
Conduct you own research: (using
reliable sources!)
Topographic Elevation:
17. Can you name the country with the lowest elevation above sea level in the world?
Country name:_____________________approx. level above sea level:__________________
18. Can you name the lowest exposed land on earth?
