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Test Description: Topographic Mapping
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) How are latitude and longitude lines drawn on a globe of Earth?
A
Longitude lines are parallel and latitude lines meet at the poles
B
Latitude lines are parallel and longitude lines meet at the equator
C
Longitude lines are parallel and latitude lines meet at the equator
D
Latitude lines are parallel and longitude lines meet at the poles
2) What feature on a topographic map forms a V-shape?
A
a high ridge
B
a contour line
C
a glacier
D
a river or stream
3) The closer the contour lines are on a topo map the
A
higher the elevation of the hill
B
gentler the slope
C
lower the elevation of the hill
D
steeper the hill
4) Which reference line passes through both the geographic North Pole and the geographic South Pole?
A
Tropic of Capricorn (23.5 degree S)
B
O degree latitude
C
Tropic of Cancer (23.5 degree N)
D
0 degree longitude
5) The distance between contour lines on a topo map is called the
A
contour interval
B
gradient
C
elevation
D
contour index
6) Latitude lines run
A
east-west but measure north and south of the equator
B
north-south and measure north and south of the equator
C
east-west and measure east and west of the prime meridian
D
north-south but measure east and west of the prime meridian
7) Which of the following is a correct measurement of latitude?
A
50 degrees South
B
75 degrees West
C
150 degrees East
D
120 degrees North
8) Depressions or craters on a topographic map are illustrated by using
A
isolines
B
isotherms
C
isobars
D
tick marks
9) A set of circles inside circles on a topo map indicate a
A
hill
B
stream
C
depression
D
valley
10) Which of the following is a correct measurement of longitude?
A
120 degrees South
B
190 degrees West
C
95 degrees North
D
45 degrees East
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