Department of Earth Science |Northeastern Illinois University

INTRODUCTION TO EARTH SCIENCE
ESCI 121

Section 05
Fall 2008

                                                                                                                            Dr. Sanders

Daily Objectives #21 (November 4, 2008)

By the end of today's class, you should be able to do the following:


EARTHQUAKES


w Complete the Indian Ocean tsunami exercise from last time.

TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS


w Using the green globs of homemade "playdough", create models of different landforms.  For each one, draw a topographic map that represents the landform:

    * hill    * ridge (elongate hill)   * kidney-shaped ridge     * volcano    * hill with one steep slope and one gradual slope

w Define: topographic contour line, contour interval.

w Describe and sketch the relationship of contour lines to streams, and use a topographic map to determine what direction a stream flows based on contour shape.

w Sketch the hachures designating a contour that indicates a closed depression or basin
 
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