Question

Caleb has an assignment to draw a contour map. What type of landform is he most likely drawing?

Answer 1

The type of land form that Caleb most likely draws is a hill. The answer is option C- a hill.

Step-by-step explanation:

• Contour lines are drawn to represent the changes in the elevation which helps to know the slope of the figure drawn.
• If the contour lines are drawn close, then steeper the figure is. And more distant the lines are drawn, then less steep the figure is.
• Here, the lines seem to be likely circle in shape. The distance of the outermost contour line is 20 ft. The next inner lines will have reduced values of 20 ft.
• Therefore, the elevation gets reduced from higher to lower points which provides a diagram of a hill. Since there is no continuous high and low elevations, this cannot be a valley (a range of mountains).
• Furthermore, The contour diagram for option A and D such as creek(water stream) or shoreline will have different and mixed values of elevations that seems to be a messy structure of contour lines.