Area of flat land that is higher than the land around it

What is a Topographic map?

Show's the shape and height of the earth's surface.

A ridge is a long narrow hilltop

a summary of another map showing main points

Low land between hills or mountains

On a topographic map what are lines used for?

They show the height of ground above sea level

Three ways to show scale on a map are

words, representative fraction, line

Border, Orientation, Legend, Scale, Source

What shape will contour lines make on a map to show a round hill?

Contour lines form a circle or oval shape.

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Mapping Quiz Year 8 HASS

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1
What kind of map is this?
weather map
climate map
climograph
2
What is a plateau
A high round piece of land
Area of flat land that is higher than the land around it
High, steep, rocky slope formed by erosion
An area of land that sticks out like a finger
3
What type of map is this?
topographic
chloropleth
precis
political
4
What is a Topographic map?
Maps showing all the major mountain ranges
A map of all large cities
Show's the shape and height of the earth's surface.
A map that represents the small scale items
5
What is a ridge
a high round piece of land
A ridge is a long narrow hilltop
a high, steep, rocky slope
A valley or low land between hills or mountains
6
What type of landform does this picture show?
cavern
depression
steep hill
gently sloping hill
7
What type of map is this?
topographic
<div>street directory</div>
<div>tourist</div>
political
8
A precis map is
a summary of another map showing main points
a specific or precise map
a map of a landform called precis
9
What is a valley
Low land between hills or mountains
A long narrow hilltop
A mountain range
Is always at the bottom of a cliff
10
On a topographic map what are lines used for?
To show where west is
They show the height of ground above sea level
compass points directions
To show where north is
11
The proportionate size of something on a map is called
scale
source
size
orientation
12
The orientation of a map is typically represented by
arrows
north point
compass
south point
13
Three ways to show scale on a map are
centimetres, millimetres, words
words, centimetres, line
words, representative fraction, line
14
Latitude lines run
horizontally
vertically
15
What landform does this show?
steep hill
depression
cavern
gentle slope
16
What do contour lines that are close together show?
high altitude
steep slopes
low altitude
gentle slopes
17
Which illustration shows how contour lines indicate a steep hill?
contour lines far apart
contour lines close together
18
BOLTSS stands for
Border, Orientation, Labels, Title, Source, Scale
Border, Open Space, Legend, Title, Space, Scale
Bridges, Outside, Layers, Trees, Sand, Sun
Border, Orientation, Legend, Scale, Source
19
What shape will contour lines make on a map to show a round hill?
Contour lines form a circle or oval shape.
Lines form a U- or V-shape that points away from high land.
lines are on top of each other or very close to each other
Close lines surrounding an area that has no contour lines.
20
Longitude lines run
vertically
horizontally
21
What type of map is this?
political
topographic
precis
chloropleth
22
What type of map is this?
street directory
political
topographic
tourist
23
In which mountain range is Mount Everest?
The Great Dividing Range
Flinders Rangers
Himalayas
Budawang Range
24
How do we locate features on a Topographic map?
Compass
Helicopter still images
Google
Grid references

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