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What is the scientific definition of elevation?
Strictly it just means "height". Usually it refers to height above sea level, as in maps. Sometimes height above the ground, as in sky diving.
Why can you have the same type of contour line above and below sea level?
It means the same thing.
What does it mean when the barometric pressure is at 29.49 inches?
When the barometric pressure is 29.49 inches of mercury it means the pressure is slightly less than that at sea level. Sea level atmospheric pressure is regarded as 1 atmosphere (= 760 mmHg = 29.92 in Hg = 14.7 lb/in2 = 101.3 KPa) Pressure lowers (the inches of mercury falls) as one's elevation above sea level increases or as low pressure fronts associated with warmer or wetter weather systems move into an area. The indicated 1/2 inch difference would inicate being on a slight height of land, or that there was a low pressure zone (damp weather perhaps) in the area. More significant for weather is the rate of change of the barometric pressure.
Boiling point of water at 4500 feet?
At sea level water boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit. For every 500 feet above sea level, water boils about at 0.9F less. So at 4600 feet water would boil at 203.72 degrees Fahrenheit. (212-((0.9/500)*4600) means: normal boiling point (212 degrees) subtract 0.9 degrees per 500 feet (0.9/500) multiplied by elevation (4600 feet).
How is an elevation map measured?
If you mean how is elevation on a map measured then it is usally by a different color(usally white means the highest).
What is the scientific definition of elevation?
Strictly it just means "height". Usually it refers to height above sea level, as in maps. Sometimes height above the ground, as in sky diving.
Is altitude greater at the top or bottom of the mountain?
At the top. "Altitude" means elevation or height above a surface, or above sea level.
What are two measurements on a map that show elevation?
Elevation means "height above sea level." In the United States, where we have refused to dump the outdated customary system, the elevation key shows the height above sea level in feet as well as in meters. In the rest of the world, people only use meters to measure elevation.
What does elevation mean in terms of Antarctica?
Elevation -- a measurement of height above sea level in this case -- means the same in Antarctica as it does on any continent on earth.
What word means how high up you are from sea level?
The word "elevation" refers to the height of a given location above or below MSL (mean sea level). The related word altitude is usually given as height above the ground.
What does low elevation mean?
It's a height measurement usually using the sea level as a reference. Low altitude is close to sea level and high altitude is a high above sea level. Answer It's relative. For planes it's anything less than 500 feet off the ground. For orbital space near Earth, it's within maybe 100 miles.
What does elevations mean?
To elevate means to raise to a higher level, or to promote to a higher rank.
What is another name for elevation It means the distance above sea level?
Altitude.
What does the elevation mean?
Elevation means the height of something.
What is altitude?
== == Science Major: Altitude is height above mean sea level (MSL) or true altitude, which means in reference to what sea level is on the ground, or height above ground level (AGL), which is also called absolute altitude, which means height above the ground with no reference to the ground's height above sea level. In example, if the sea level in a certain place is 100 feet and you are 250 feet above the ground, your altitude above sea level would be 350 feet, and your altitude above ground level would be 250 feet.
What does above sea level mean?
Sea level is a standard 'height' from which you can measure the relative height of objects (ie. cities) as such, high above sea level would refer to something 1,000+ metres above sea level... or whatever definition you think appropriate.
What word altitude means?
altitude is the distance above sea level.altitude is the distance above sea level.
