Land features and how to read a topographic map

Grade 6 Science Worksheet

Circle the best answer.

1. 1.

   “model data, not to scale” Index lines labeled 400 m and 500 m have one thinner line between them. What is the contour interval, Bo?

   • 10 m
   • 100 m
   • 450 m
   • 50 m
2. 2.

   Index lines labeled 60 m and 120 m have five thinner lines between them. What is the contour interval, Esme?

   • 6 m
   • 12 m
   • 10 m
   • 60 m
3. 3.

   The interval is 20 m. Point P sits three lines above the 200 m line. What is P's elevation, Jun?

   • 260 m
   • 60 m
   • 203 m
   • 140 m
4. 4.

   model data, not to scale. The interval is 5 m. Point S sits four lines above the 30 m line. What is S's elevation, Kira?

   • 50 m
   • 20 m
   • 34 m
   • 10 m
5. 5.

   model data, not to scale. A hill whose top loop is labeled 340 m; no 360 m line is drawn. On Luz's map, a hill's highest loop is 340 m and the interval is 20 m. How high is the hilltop inside that loop?

   • Between 340 m and 360 m
   • Exactly 320 m
   • Between 320 m and 340 m
   • 360 m or more

6. Read this first

   Use this

   Contour map with a key (model data, not to scale). Key: brown lines are contours; blue line is a stream. Contour interval 20 m. Lines from 100 m at A to 200 m at B, close together and evenly spaced.

7. 6.

   Along the line from A to B, the contour lines are close and evenly spaced. Which side view matches, Noah?

   • A level path
   • One steady, gentle slope
   • One steady, steep slope
   • A deep dip in the middle
8. 7.

   Which side view matches Pia's map of two hilltops?

   • A flat plain
   • A valley with a stream along its floor
   • One single peak
   • Two peaks with a dip between them
9. 8.

   The V's where a stream crosses the contours point north. Which way does the stream flow, Ren?

   • Both ways at once
   • South, away from the V points
   • North, toward the V points
   • Uphill to the hilltop

10. Use this

    Contour map with a key (model data, not to scale). Key: brown lines are contours; blue line is a stream. A stream flows west and crosses three contour lines. Each line bends into a V where the stream crosses.

11. 9.

    A stream on Tala's map flows west. Which way do the contour V's around it point?

    • North, across the stream
    • West, downstream
    • They make closed circles
    • East, upstream

12. Use this

    Contour map with a key (model data, not to scale). Key: brown lines are contours; blue line is a stream. A stream crosses the contour lines. Where it crosses, each line bends into a V whose point aims south.

13. 10.

    V-shaped contours cross a blue stream on Zee's map. Is the land there a valley or a ridge?

    • A plain with no lines
    • A valley: streams run in valleys
    • A plateau with no slope
    • A ridge, as V's mark ridgetops