1. Circle the correct word or words that make the statement about contour lines correct.
Contour lines [ never / sometimes ] cross.
Contour lines close together indicate a [ steep / gentle] slope.
Contour lines far apart together indicate a [ steep / gentle] slope.
Contour lines bend (point) [ upstream / downstream ].
Contour lines connect places of [ equal elevation / equal distance ]
2. Rewrite the 5 statements above without the choices.
3. What does a map scale determine?
4. What is a contour interval?
5. If the highest contour line on a hill is 100 meters and the contour interval is 20, what is the
highest possible elevation of that hill?
6. What does a bench mark indicate?
7. What direction do streams always flow?
8. The topographic map below shows locations X and Y. /
What is the contour interval?
What is the distance between point X and point Y?
What is the difference in elevation between point X and
point Y?
What is the approximate gradient between point X and
point Y? SHOW ALL WORK

9. Base your answers on the topographic map below. Elevations are in feet. Points A and B are
locations on the map.

Toward which direction does the /
Green River flow?
What is the value of the highest
contour line?
What is the highest possible
elevation on the map?
What is the difference in elevation between points A and B on the
map?
What is the distance between points
A and B on the map?
What is the gradient along the straight line between points A and B?
10. The topographic map below shows a hill. Points X and Y represent locations on the hill’s surface. Elevations are shown in meters. /
What is the contour interval?
What is the value (in meters) of the highest contour line?
What is the highest possible elevation at the top of the hill?
What is the distance between point X and point Y?
What is the difference in elevation between point X and
point Y?
What is the approximate gradient between point X and point Y?
SHOW ALL WORK