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any region of space or the environment that has some measurable value of a given quanity at every point
Ex: Gravity, Magnetism, elevation or depth, wind, relative humidity and atmospheric pressure. |
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fields which only indicte magnitude
Ex: Temperature and Relative Humidty |
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fields in which indicate magnitude and direction
Ex: magnetic fields, gravity, and winds |
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| are lines connecting points of equal value. they are often used to respresent field maps. |
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| used in three dimensional space |
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| is the rate a field changes from place to place within the field |
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| a field map of elevations and land shape; it is a way of modeling three dimensions in two dimensions |
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| lines of equal elevation they may not touch or cross( one point may not have two different elevations) a line with hasher marks indicates decreasing elevation |
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| is the vertical distanc between contour lines |
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| lines of equal temperature |
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