Contour Lines

035 - Contour Lines

In this video Paul Andersen explains how contour lines show areas of equal elevation or equal gravitational potential. Contour lines are used as an analogy for lines of equipotential in electric fields.

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Music Attribution
Title: String Theory
Artist: Herman Jolly
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"File:Contour2D.svg." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Accessed June 1, 2014. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Con....
"File:Contour3D.jpg." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Accessed June 1, 2014. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Con....
"File:Equipotential by Zureks.png." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Accessed June 1, 2014. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Equ....
"File:Topographic Map Example.png." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Accessed June 1, 2014. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Top....