What is the highest elevation on this map?
300
True or False- These models are not showing the same landscape.
False
Which side is steeper, the left or right?
Left
Which side has a gentler slope, the left or right?
Right
Does this landscape appear to have steep elevation? Explain.
No, because the contour lines are not drawn close together.
Often, what does the "v" shape in contour lines mean?
That there is a river in that area.
What is the contour interval on this map?
100
What is the highest possible elevation range of the 2 peaks on the right?
120m -140m
What is elevation difference between point X & Y?
80
Crust, core and mantle. Order them from smallest to largest length.
Core, mantle, crust.
Name the key landform regions of Canada.
Cordillera, Interior Plains, Canadian Shield, Great Lakes–St. Lawrence, Appalachian and Arctic.
What landform is flat and elevated?
A plateau
What is the opposite of mountain?
Depression or valley.
What do we call the lines on a map that connect points of equal elevation usually above sea level?
Contour lines.
What is this 1:24,000?
It's a map scale.
What is the name for the evenly spaced horizontal and vertical lines that divide the map into smaller sections?
The grid.
