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AIM : How do we draw contour lines? DO NOW In your notebooks answer the following questions. When looking at a contour map; How do you know where the top/peak of the mountain is located? What do contour/isolines connect?. I. Isolines : Used to connect points of the same value. Examples
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AIM: How do we draw contour lines? DO NOW In your notebooks answer the following questions. When looking at a contour map; • How do you know where the top/peak of the mountain is located? • What do contour/isolines connect?
I. Isolines: Used to connect points of the same value. Examples Isobars, Isotherms, Contour lines 10 0 110 80 10 0 9 0 110 80 10 0 9 0 110 10 0 10 0
II. Rules for Drawing Contour Lines • Use the contour interval to create the lines. • Find and circle all the points you are going to connect. • 3. Contour lines don’t cross each other • 4. Contour lines close on themselves or on the edge of the map.