Warm Up 915 Please pick up the Absolute

Warm - Up (9/15) Please pick up the Absolute Location Sheet from the side table and begin answering the 10 questions

Location!

ABSOLUTE LOCATION • Latitude and longitude define absolute location • Use of a grid to find exact location

LINES OF LATITUDE • East-west lines which measure distances north and south of the equator • Measured in degrees • Also called parallels

MAJOR LINES OF LATITUDE Locate these on a map • Equator: 0° latitude (halfway between the poles) • • • Tropic of Cancer: 23 1/2 ° north Tropic of Capricorn: 23 1/2° south Arctic Circle: 66 1/2° north Antarctic Circle: 66 1/2° south North Pole: 90° north South Pole: 90° south

LINES OF LONGITUDE • North-south lines which measure distances east and west of the Prime Meridian • Measured in degrees • Also called meridians

MAJOR LINES OF LONGITUDE Locate these on a map • Prime Meridian: 0° longitude; runs through Greenwich, England • International Date Line: 180° longitude

HEMISPHERES • Halves of the earth (Hemi=half) • Equator creates the northern and southern hemispheres • Prime Meridian creates the eastern and western hemispheres

Plotting Location • What city is located at 34 degrees S, 70 degrees W? • What country is located at 0 degrees and 80 degrees West?

RELATIVE LOCATION • Relative location describes the spatial relationships between and among places • Where something is in relationship to something else

Relative Location • With “Absolute” location we used latitude and longitude to give us a more precise location. When we deal with relative location we’re simply using the compass rose. • Relative location is really just a broad statement in which we’ll use Cardinal and Intermediate directions to give people general idea of where we’re talking about.