Directions
As you progress through each chapter in the Introduction to
Topographic Maps CD-ROM, answer the questions and complete the exercises.
Double click on the hard drive icon. Double click on the folder marked "Topo
map." Double click on the TASA icon and that will bring you to the
buttons used to run the programs. Note which buttons move you forward, backward,
and back to the Main menu. Click on the arrow forward and you will be at
the main menu. Double click on the word "INTRODUCTION" and answer
the questions. REMEMBER: Not all frames have questions. Look for the exact
wording to find the right answer.
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| A. |
Click on "Introduction" and answer
questions 1-6.
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1. What is an aerial view?
___________________________________________________________
2. What is the purpose of a topographic map?
___________________________________________________________
3. How are topographic maps used as tools?
___________________________________________________________
4. Earth scientists use topographic maps to determine four things |
a. ____________________________________________________
b. ____________________________________________________
c. ____________________________________________________
d. ____________________________________________________
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5. Who produces topographic maps
in the United States?
___________________________________________________________
6. Approximately when were topographic maps first created?
___________________________________________________________
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| B. |
Return to the main menu after answering question 6. Click
on "Map Scale" and answer questions 7-11.
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7. What is the purpose of a map scale?
___________________________________________________________
8. Look at the examples of the room map, neighborhood map, and the highway
map and explain why it is necessary to have different scales for these
maps.
___________________________________________________________
9. Where is the map scale located on a topographic map?
___________________________________________________________
10. What are two ways that are used to express map scales?
___________________________________________________________
11. Answer the four sample questions on map scale.
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a. ____________________________________________________
b. ____________________________________________________
c. ____________________________________________________
d. ____________________________________________________
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| C. |
Return to the main menu after answering question 11. Click
on "Latitude and Longitude" and answer questions 12-20.
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12. What are two methods used on
topographic maps to indicate locations?
___________________________________________________________
13. Define latitude and explain how it is measured.
___________________________________________________________
14. 0 degrees latitude is located where?
___________________________________________________________
15. 90 North degrees latitude is located where?
___________________________________________________________
16. Lines of latitude are also called?
___________________________________________________________
17. Define longitude and explain how it is measured.
___________________________________________________________
18. 0 degrees longitude is called?
___________________________________________________________
19. Longitude lines are also called?
___________________________________________________________
20. Longitude is measured in degrees and also smaller measurements of
minutes (') and seconds ("). What is the exact location of Paris
in degrees, minutes, and seconds?
___________________________________________________________
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| D. |
Return to the main menu after answering question
20. Click on "Principles of Contour Lines" and answer questions
21-30.
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21. Define topography.
___________________________________________________________
22. What information does a topographic map show to scale?
___________________________________________________________
23. Most topographic map reference plane is usually general mean
___________________________________________________________.
24. What is a contour line?
___________________________________________________________
25. Define datum.
___________________________________________________________
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REVIEW THE SEVEN RULES USING CONTOUR
LINES. THESE RULES WILL BE USED TO CREATE YOUR OWN TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS.
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26. What is a contour interval?
___________________________________________________________
27. What is an index contour?
___________________________________________________________
28. What do the initials B.M. mean in reference to topographic maps?
___________________________________________________________
29. Answer the two sample questions. |
a. ____________________________________________________
b. ____________________________________________________
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30. In addition to indicating elevation,
contour lines can be used to determine the directions
that _________________________ and _________________________ flow.
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| E. |
Return to the main menu after answering question
30. Click on "Using Contour Lines" and answer questions 31-36.
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31. List three important uses of
contour lines. |
a. ____________________________________________________
b. ____________________________________________________
c. ____________________________________________________
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PRACTICE DETERMINING CONTOUR INTERVALS
AND ELEVATION.
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32. What is a relief?
___________________________________________________________
33. What is the total relief?
___________________________________________________________
34. What is local relief?
___________________________________________________________
35. What is the slope?
___________________________________________________________
36. Answer sample questions on local relief. Look for the exact wording
in "Using Contour Lines". |
a. Choosing from the answers provided below, indicate the
contour interval used for this map by dragging the correct answer to
the box provided.
____________________________________________________
b. Now, indicate the correct elevation for points A, B, C, and D by
dragging the correct answers to the boxes provided.
A.__________
B.__________
C.__________
D.__________
c. What is the local relief between the top of Mt. Carlos and the benchmark
(BM) located in the northwest corner of this map?
____________________________________________________
d. What is the slope per mile for slope B?
____________________________________________________
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| F. |
Return to the main menu after answering question
36. Click on "Topographic Profile" and answer question 37.
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37. Define topographic profile.
___________________________________________________________
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FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS ON DRAWING A
PROFILE MAP AND COMPLETE AN EXAMPLE.
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| G. |
Return to the main menu after answering question
37. Click on "Drawing a Contour Map" and practice drawing a simple
contour map. Note: If you have extra time, draw more complex maps.
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| H. |
Return to the main menu after drawing a contour
map. Click on "Review" and test what you have learned.
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| I. |
For further information, return to the main
menu, click on "FYI" and go through questions 1-9.
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IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH DEFINITIONS,
GO TO "GLOSSARY INDEX" FOR HELP.
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| ©Judy Richeson 7/24/01 |
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