Exploring Elevation Maps
A Grade 6 social studies worksheet on understanding and interpreting elevation maps, contour lines, and geographical features.
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Exploring Elevation Maps
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Use the provided map and your knowledge of elevation maps to complete the tasks.
Elevation maps show the height of land above sea level. They use contour lines to connect points of equal elevation. The closer the contour lines, the steeper the slope.
1. What do contour lines on an elevation map represent?
Boundaries between countries
Points of equal elevation
Paths of rivers
Types of vegetation
2. What does it mean if contour lines are very close together?
The land is flat
The slope is steep
There is a river nearby
The elevation is decreasing
3. Elevation maps show the height of land above .
4. A connects points of the same height on an elevation map.
5. The farther apart contour lines are, the steeper the slope.
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False
6. Imagine you are hiking. How would an elevation map help you plan your route?
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