Listening Topographic Maps
http://www.encyclopedia.com/video/SymUFSwEm3c-topographic-maps-videowmv.aspx
As you listen, answer the questions or fill in the missing information.
1. Topography shows the ……………. of the land.
2. The first map uses …………… to show ………….
3. Areas in ……color are the highest, areas in ……..
or……… are the deepest.
4. Which mountain ranges does the presenter mention? ………………….
5. What is the area rising from the seabed? …………………………………
6. Most maps do not use color but ……………….to indicate elevation.
7. Contour lines show ……………………elevation.
8. Contour lines never …………………..
9. The difference in elevation is shown by ………………….
10. The contour interval between Baker and Able hill is …………
11. In a box, you can see topographic map on the top and the ……………..
…………………………..below.
12. Darker lines on a topographic map are called ………………….
13. They are used for …………………………………
14. In the video sequence, the map is …………………
15. This map uses both …………….and ………to show elevation.
16. Key symbols: The example the presenter gives of a depression is ……………………
17. You draw small lines at the inside of the circles to show ……………
18. In a map of a plateau, there are both contour lines and ………………
19. The area towards the edges of the map is ……………………………
20. Are there index contour lines?
Now listen again and check your answers.