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Vocab
Vocab
Absolute or Relative
100
What is 0 degrees and is the starting point for latitude?
Equator
100
What is it called when you give the exact coordinates of a location?
Absolute
200
Draw a line going North to South on a globe at 0 degrees, what is that line called?
Prime Meridian
200
What is 0 degrees and is the starting point for longitude?
Prime Meridian
200
What is another name for Latitude lines?
Parallels
200
(68 deg N, 86 deg S)
Absolute or Relative?
Absolute
300
Draw a line going East to West on a globe at 0 degrees, what is that line called?
Equator
300
What is half of a sphere called?
Hemisphere
300
What is another name for Longitude?
Meridians
300
What is it called when you give words like in front of, behind, beside, or across the street to tell where a place is?
Relative Location
400
We are in these 2 hemispheres.
North and West
400
These lines MEASURE north and south.
Latitude
400
When giving Absolute Location, the numbers in this set are called:
( _____ , ______ )
Coordinates
400
Hucks is down the hill from Aldis.
Relative Location
500
Look at the world map.. Which 2 hemispheres is Australia in?
East and South
500
These lines MEASURE east and west.
Longitude
500
When Latitude and Longitude lines come together and make a point that is called a __________ _______.
Coordinate Grid
500
(122 deg S , 99 deg W)
Absolute