Name: _____________________
Pd. ________
ESS Reading Field Maps
1. On a topographic map, contour lines that
form a circle indicate
(A) an ocean
(C) a hill
4. A contour map is shown below.
Elevations are shown in feet.
(B) a depression
(D) a lake
2. The United States weather map below
shows weather data plotted for a
December morning.
The isolines shown on the map most likely are
(A) isobars
(C) contour lines
(B) isotherms
(D) latitude lines
3. Base your answer to the following
question on the topographic map below.
Letters A through F represent locations
on the map.
What is the contour interval of this map?
(A) 15 ft
(C) 10 ft
(B) 20 ft
(D) 25 ft
5. What is the elevation of the highest
contour line shown on the map below?
(A) 10,000 feet
(C) 10,700 feet
(B) 10,688 feet
(D) 10,788 feet
What is the contour interval of this map?
(A) 100 m
(C) 150 m
(B) 50 m
(D) 10 m
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Base your answers to questions 6 and 7 on
the contour map below. Points A through F
represent locations on the map.
8. Isolines on the map below show
elevations above sea level, measured in
meters.
What is the highest possible elevation
represented on this map?
(A) 49 m
(C) 51 m
(B) 41 m
(D) 39 m
6. If no elevation values were given, which
general rule could be used to establish
that Cedar River flows into Sunfish
Lake?
(A) Rivers shown on maps generally
flow southward.
(B) A large body of water is generally
the source of water for a river.
(C) Contour lines bend upstream when
crossing a river.
(D) Rivers always flow toward large
bodies of water.
7. What is the most likely elevation of the
surface of Sunfish Lake?
(A) 151 m
(C) 55 m
(B) 140 m
(D) 28 m
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Base your answers to questions 9 and 10on the contour map of an island below. Points A
through G represent locations on the island. Elevations are in meters.
9. Which two points have the same elevation?
(A) G and F
(B) B and D
(C) C and D
(D) G and C
10.In which direction does the Cinder River flow?
(A) southeast
(B) northeast
(C) southwest
(D) northwest
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Answer Key
ESS Reading Field Maps
1.
C
2.
B
3.
A
4.
B
5.
C
6.
C
7.
C
8.
A
9.
C
10.
D
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