1. Measuring Earth Notes: Pages 3 - 9 ©Mark Place, 2009-2010

2. Information regarding
Earth’s Spheres
Information regarding
Earth’s atmosphere
can be found on page
of the ESRTs

3. Information regarding
Earth’s Spheres
Information regarding
Earth’s interior
can be found on page
of the ESRTs

4. Information regarding
Earth’s Spheres
Information regarding
Earth’s hydrosphere
can be found on page
of the ESRTs

5. Please answer
the questions
on Page 3 of
your Notes

6. 1. 4600°C, 1.2 million atmospheres (+/- 0.2)
Answers:
°C, 1.2 million atmospheres (+/- 0.2)
2. oxygen °C
4. 0°C km

7. What is the purpose?

8. Who uses topographic maps?
the military
miners
police
farmers

9. When might someone
use a topographic
map?
building homes
plan a hiking trip
landscaping
road building

10. Contour Interval? 25

11. Contour
Interval? 20
Elevation of "A"?
540
Elevation of "B"?
580

12. 619

13. What do hachured
lines show?
areas of
depression

14. concerning hachured lines?
What are the rules
concerning hachured lines?
first hachured
line has same
elevation as previous
contour line

15. top of the page, what direction
If north is at the
top of the page, what direction
is this river flowing?
south

16. Can a river flow north?
yes!

17. Name two ways that you can
determine which
way a river flows
on a topographic map.
contour lines point
upstream
rivers flow
downhill

18. What are the steps to draw a topographic profile
place a piece of paper between the points
mark where every contour line
touches the edge of the paper
determine the elevation of each mark
place the paper on the graph and mark the
elevation of each contour line

19. Using the map and chart below, construct a topographic map profile.

20. Please match the contour map on the left with the profile on the right.

21. Topographic Maps---Distance Between Points
What is the distance, in kilometers, from Kingston to Oswego?
266 km
What is the distance, in miles, from Plattsburgh to Jamestown?
342 miles

22. gradient = change in elevation distance
The elevation of Albany is 282 feet.
The elevation at Binghamton is 1634 feet.
Calculate the gradient to the nearest tenth of a ft/mi. Show all work.
gradient = change in elevation
distance =
115 miles
= 1352 ft
115 miles
= 11.8 ft/mile

23. gradient = change in elevation distance
The elevation of Watertown is 99m.
The elevation at Oswego is 144m.
Calculate the gradient to the nearest tenth of a m/km. Show all work.
gradient = change in elevation
distance =
75 km
= 45 m
75 km
= 0.6 m/km

24. gradient = change in temperature distance
If the distance between
the two
circled cities is 425 km,
calculate the temperature
gradient to the nearest hundredth?
Show all work.
gradient = change in temperature
distance
= 82-48
425
= 34
425
= °F/km