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Lantern Walk Earth-Map Challenge

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Lantern Walk Earth-Map Challenge

Compare maps and judge designs for a winter town display.

Compare the Three Maps

Read the passage and map key. Use the same row letter and column number to compare places across maps.

A Map Display for the Lantern Walk

Snow lines the streets of Frostbell as volunteers prepare the town's winter lantern walk. Inside a warming hall, visitors will compare maps of Earth's features. The display team has three simplified practice maps of an imagined region. The region is much larger than the town. Each map shows the same area, divided into the same twenty large cells.

The mountain map marks cells containing mountains. The volcano map marks cells containing a volcano. The earthquake map marks cells where an earthquake was recorded during a study period. A mark gives a location, not the height of a mountain, the size of a volcano, or the strength of an earthquake. Several features can occur within one large cell without being at exactly the same spot.

North is at the top of each map. Columns run from 1 in the west to 5 in the east. Rows run from A in the north to D in the south. A row letter and column number name a cell. For example, A4 is in the northern row. The maps leave out roads, buildings, and many other details so visitors can focus on the features.

The team is considering three display designs. Separate keeps these three maps side by side with matching grids, directions, and keys. Layered puts the marks from all three maps onto one shared grid. It keeps the different symbols and shows several symbols in a cell when needed. Totals replaces the maps with three numbers: six mountain cells, five volcano cells, and nine earthquake cells. The team wants visitors to compare locations, notice patterns, and check claims against evidence.

Map Key and Directions
M = mountains V = volcano E = recorded earthquake location
— = no feature marked on that map in that cell
North ↑ West ← East → South ↓
Each entry between the bars is one map cell. Read entries from column 1 to column 5.
Mountain Map
Columns: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
Row A: M | M | — | — | —
Row B: — | M | — | — | —
Row C: — | M | — | — | —
Row D: — | M | M | — | —
Volcano Map
Columns: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
Row A: — | V | — | — | —
Row B: — | V | — | — | —
Row C: — | V | — | — | V
Row D: — | — | V | — | —
Earthquake Map
Columns: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
Row A: E | E | — | — | —
Row B: — | E | E | — | —
Row C: — | E | — | — | E
Row D: — | E | E | — | E
1.
Which description best fits the mountain pattern?
Question 1 options
2.
Compare the mountain and volcano maps.

How many volcano cells also have a mountain mark? cells

3.
Which cell has a volcano mark and an earthquake mark, but no mountain mark?
Question 3 options
4.
Select the two comparisons supported by the maps.

5.
Compare earthquake cells in western columns 1–3 with those in eastern columns 4–5. What does the map show?
Question 5 options

Judge the Display Designs

Use the maps and the three designs described in the passage. Check that a design keeps the location evidence accurate.

6.
Which design puts different feature symbols together inside a single shared cell?
Question 6 options
7.
A volunteer suggests adding earthquake symbols to the Layered design by putting E in each mountain cell and nowhere else. Which cell shows a location that this plan would leave out?
Question 7 options
8.
The team wants to print claims beside its display. Sort the claims by whether the maps support them.
9.
A volunteer says the Totals design gives enough information to find where volcanoes and mountains share cells. What is the best response?
Question 9 options
10.
The display must help visitors decide whether most volcano cells also contain mountains. Recommend Separate or Totals. Explain your choice using a count and at least one cell name from the maps.

Check Patterns and Limits

Use the location evidence to choose careful conclusions and accurate display changes.

11.
The team will search more detailed records for additional earthquake locations. Which starting plan best follows the mapped pattern?
Question 11 options
12.
Select the two changes that would make the display easier to compare without changing the mapped evidence.

13.
Which question would require information beyond these maps?
Question 13 options
14.
A proposed display label says, “The earthquake and mountain maps have exactly the same pattern.” Explain why the team should revise this claim. Use two cell names as evidence.