Talking About Location
All About Maps
Our Earth
Landforms and Bodies of Water
Our Environment
Where People Choose to Live
100
Cindy Lu lives near a church and a Walmart. She lives next to a blue, two story house. This is her ____ location.
What is her relative location?
100
This country is indicated by the number three .
What is Mexico?
100
This covers most of the Earth's surface.
What is the ocean?
100
This body of water that contains salt water.
What is an ocean?
100
You should stay inside during extreme weather like a tornado, a storm, or a hurricane.
What is dangerous weather?
100
water, plants, sunlight, air, shelter and animals
What are basic needs of people?
200
I live at 3310 Jenkins, San Antonio, Texas
What is your absolute location?
200
This is how you get to the kitchen from the bedroom.
What is map of my house?
200
North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Antartica
What are the seven continents?
200
Two bodies of water that contain fresh water.
What is a lake and a river?
200
Susie wakes up early in the morning to feed Dixie, her cow. Her dad has to drive about 30 minutes to get to school and her favorite activity is star gazing. Susie lives in a ____ area.
What is a rural ?
200
water
What natural resource should a fisherman live close to?
300
Name the streets Melanie would use to get from her house to the Diner without using Oak or Cherry Street.
What does a map of your community look like?
300
This map tool tells you what the symbols mean.
What is a legend?
300
Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Southern Ocean
What are the 5 oceans?
300
This is an example of a certain type of map.
What is a physical map?
300
Doug uses the subway to get his school. He loves how unique his environment can be. For example, on his way to the subway, he observes people running to get taxis. There are lots of people everywhere with busy roads and close buildings. Doug lives in the _____.
What is a suburban ?
300
forest
Which natural resource should a lumberjack live close to?
400
These are cardinal directions.
What are North, South, West and East?
400
This map tool shows directions and uses letters to stand for directions.
What is a compass rose?
400
This is an example of a longitude line.
What is the prime meridian?
400
This is an example of a certain type of map?
What is a political map?
400
Planting a trees, walking or riding bicycles instead of driving cars, taking fewer fish from the water are examples of __________.
What is conservation?
400
farmland
Which natural resource should a farmer live close to?
500
These are the intermediate directions on a compass rose.
What are Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, and Northwest?
500
Go West on Grove St., North on Hill St., Southeast on River St. and South on Maple St..
How do you use the compass rose to find a location.
500
This is an example of a latitude line.
What is the equator?
500
You use this type of map to get directions to Austin.
What is a political map?
500
water, air, oil, soil
What are 3 examples of natural resources?
500
oil
Which natural resource should a roustabout (petroleum extractor) live close to?