In which of the following situations would a topographic map be most useful?

A.
planning a hiking trip

B.
studying the growth of plant life over time

C.
analyzing the effects of rainfall over one year

D.
charting a course to sail across the Atlantic Ocean

I think that the answer would be either A. or D.

Question

In which of the following situations would a topographic map be most useful?
 
 A.
planning a hiking trip
 
 B.
studying the growth of plant life over time
 
 C.
analyzing the effects of rainfall over one year
 
 D.
charting a course to sail across the Atlantic Ocean

I think that the answer would be either A. or D.

anonymous · Answer

A topographic map shows large scale detail, such as contour lines and elevation of land.
It shows real scale of geologic features.

anonymous · Answer

Which one do you think it is now?

anonymous · Answer

A. planning a hiking trip

anonymous · Answer

Yea, that is correct. Ocean are so wide and that most of them have the same feature in the surface. It would not be as useful in a topographic map. There is not much of an elevation change either when you are sailing.

anonymous · Answer

thank you very much! :)

anonymous · Answer

No problem.