2. What is the maximum elevation of the hill on west side of island?
Answer = 99 ft.

3. What is the
highest possible
elevation on
the map?
599 m

4. What is a possible elevation for P?
970 ft

6. NOTE: The first hachured contour has
the same value as the last unhachured
contour

7. southeast
Which direction does the moose River flow?

8. In which direction is Rush Creek flowing?
Northeast and north
Where does the creek have the highest velocity? B

11. What is Gradient? The rate of change from place to place in a field.
This is the same as the “slope”
If isolines are close together, the slope is steep, and the gradient is large

12. Which side
Of hill B is
Easiest to
Climb?
Southwest side

13. Which side of hill is the steepest gradient?
Answer = north

14. Calculating Gradient Gradient = change in field value
change in horizontal distance

15. 100
Gradient = 10o / 100 m
___________
= .1 degrees per meter
meters

16. Calculating Rate of Change
Rate of Change = change in field value
change in time