Absolute Location
What is absolute location?
Describes the exact location of a place.
What is an example of an absolute location?
Answers may vary. (Address, coordinates)
What is relative location?
The position of something in relation to something else or another place.
It is at 38° N, 77° W
Absolute location
Which imaginary lines run East and West (horizontally)? (Latitude or Longitude)
Latitude lines.
What are ways to identify the absolute location?
Giving an exact address or coordinates such as longitude and latitude.
What is the relative location of our classroom?
Answers may vary. (Near the bathrooms, in Belville, etc.)
Tennessee is north of Florida
Relative location
Which imaginary lines run north and south (vertically)? (Latitude or Longitude)
Longitude
Why is absolute location used?
It is more precise, more exact, it can help you find things easier and correctly.
What is an example of relative location?
Answers may vary. (I live near the school, 3 miles from the river)
I live at 627 Shark Drive, Leland, North Carolina.
Absolute location