1. Absolute and Relative Location Latitude and Longitude Hemispheres

2. Absolute and Relative Location
Why is “location” important?

3. Absolute Location What is it? the exact point where a place is located
(often given in terms of latitude and longitude)

4. Absolute Location
Examples: Edmond, Oklahoma is located at 35.7 degrees north (latitude), 97.5 degrees west (longitude) Deer Creek Middle School is located at 2601 NW 234th St., Edmond, OK 73025

5. where a place is in relation to other places
Relative Location
What is it?
where a place is in relation to other places
Examples?

6. Examples: Oklahoma is north of Texas.
Relative Location
Examples: Oklahoma is north of Texas.

7. Relative Location
The Deer Creek Middle School football field and track is north of DC Middle School.

8. My house is the third house on the left.
Relative Location
My house is the third house on the left.

9. Latitude:
imaginary lines that run east to west (parallel to the equator)
also called parallels
There are 90 degrees north of the equator and 90 degrees south of the equator

10. Latitude:

11. Longitude:
imaginary lines that run from the North Pole to the South Pole (measuring distance east or west of the prime meridian)
also called meridians
There are 180 degrees east of the prime meridian and 180 degrees west of the prime meridian.

12. Longitude:

13. Latitude and Longitude

14. Bell Work 8/24 In what month does Boulder get the most precipitation?
In what month does Boulder have the highest average temperature?

15. A hemisphere is half of Earth.
Hemispheres
A hemisphere is half of Earth.
The equator (0 degrees latitude) divides Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.
The Prime Meridian (0 degrees longitude) divides Earth into the Western Hemisphere and the Eastern Hemisphere.