Map Interpretation
1. Name the highest mountain and give the elevation.
2. Which town has the highest elevation?
3. Which mountain has the steepest slope?
4.
What is the latitude and longitude of Norton,
5.
How far is
6. How long is the railroad tunnel (use the edge of a sheet of paper to transfer the scale)?
7.
How far is
8.
How much further is this that the straight line
distance (the
9. How long would it take to walk this distance?
10.
What direction would you travel from
11. What features are found at 430 2’ 20”N, 760, 13’10”W; 430 4’ 40” N, 760 7’ 5”W; at 430 5’ 40”N, 760 7’ 30”W; what is the distance in miles from 760 5’W to 760 10’W at 430 5’N?
12. Where is the flattest land, the best farm land, the sunniest slope?
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Why is the north end of
14. Why is the depression (430 8’35”N, 760 1’40”W) not filled with water?
15. In which direction is Roaring Stream flowing?
16.
If rain fell at
17.
Which areas would not be covered with water if the
surface level of blue
18.
Is the population size of Norton larger than that of
19.
Is there more traffic to Norton from
20. How much land (acres or square miles) lies above 500 feet elevation?
21.
How far is
22.
Draw the watershed of each of the streams; what is not
show on the map (soil, depth of
23.
Interpolate and draw in the 350 foot contour on
24. What is the difference between magnetic and true north in this map area?
25.
Plan a rout for an extension of the railroad to
26. Plan a layout for a ski resort.
27. Construct a profile (with appropriate vertical exaggeration) form 430 N, 760 W to 430 10’N, 760 15’W.