Angle of Depression Worksheet
A Grade 7 Math worksheet focusing on understanding and calculating the angle of depression in real-world scenarios.
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Angle of Depression Worksheet
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Show all your work for full credit.
The angle of depression is the angle between the horizontal line of sight and the line of sight looking down to an object.
1. Which of the following best describes the angle of depression?
The angle measured upwards from the horizontal.
The angle measured downwards from the horizontal.
The angle inside a triangle.
The angle of elevation.
2. If you are standing on a cliff looking down at a boat, what type of angle are you forming with your line of sight to the boat and the horizontal?
Angle of elevation
Angle of depression
Right angle
Straight angle
3. Draw a diagram showing a person looking down from a building at a car. Label the angle of depression.
4. The angle of depression is always measured from the line.
5. When an observer looks down at an object, the angle formed is the angle of .
6. The angle of depression is equal to the angle of elevation when looking at the same object from different positions.
True
False
7. A lifeguard sitting on a 15-foot high tower spots a swimmer in distress. If the horizontal distance from the base of the tower to the swimmer is 20 feet, draw a diagram and label the angle of depression. (You do not need to calculate the angle, just label it.)