Question

If you follow this rule for topographic maps, you can determine if a point is higher or lower than the contour line it is near:

A. If the point is outside the contour line, it is lower than the line. If the point is inside the contour line, it is higher than the line

B. If the point is outside the contour line, it is higher than the line. If the point is inside the contour line, it is lower than the line.

C. If the point is outside the contour line, it is equal to the lower line. If the point is inside the contour line, it is equal to the higher line.

Answer 1

A. Because the contour lines are like layers the farther they go in the higher the measurement.

Answer 2

A. If the point is outside the contour line, it is lower than the line. If the point is inside the contour line, it is higher than the line.

Step-by-step explanation:

A contour line is a two variables function, applied in topography to show different heights in a field. The image attached shows a 2D perspective a surface, the lines are contour lines.

So, as you can see in the image, inside the ''circles'' is higher that outside the circles, giving and nice perspective to the eye.

Furthermore, there are rules to contour lines, one of them says: ''Contour lines close to form circles and the inside of the circle is the top of a hill''. Which gives us the answer.