Relative Location
Where a location is on earth in relation to other places or objects...
What is relative location
An exact location on Earth found using specific coordinates.
What is absolute location.
Measures the approximate distance between two locations.
What is a scale.
A 1/2 section of the world.
What is a hemisphere.
The average temperature and precipitation in a region over many years.
What are climate zones.
A symbol on a map to guide you in the right direction.
What is a compass rose.
Imaginary horizontal lines.
What are latitude lines.
These act like rulers on a map.
What is a scale.
There are _______ hemispheres. You are always standing in _______ hemispheres.
4; 2.
Warm and rainy.
What are tropical climate zones.
North, south, east, and west
What are cardinal directions.
Imaginary vertical lines.
What are longitude lines.
Units of measure depends on this...
Size of the area being mapped.
This line separates the northern and southern hemispheres.
What is the equator.
Cold and snowy.
What are polar climate zones.
Northeast, northwest, southeast, and southewest.
What are intracardinal directions.
Coordinates of Jenison, Michigan.
42 degrees North latitude and 85 degrees west longitude.
What do we do when we need to estimate the distances on a map?
Draw and extend a scale on another piece of paper.
This imaginary line separates the eastern and western hemispheres.
What is the prime meridian.
These two things affect climae.
What is elevation and proximity to large bodies of water.
Major league baseball homerun leader all time.
Barry Bonds
How many baseball teams are in California?
Number of World Series won by the Detroit Tigers all time.
What is 4.
Who is Derek Jeter.
The state where the little league World Series is played in
What is Williamsport, Pennsylvania.