Blog Day 5

Topic: The Geographic grid

KQ2: How do geographers describe where things are.
They use relative location or exact location to be able to get from point a to point b as fast as possible

LO1: Define Geographic grid, latitude, Longitude, parallels and meridians.

Longitude: The lines that range from north to south on the map

Geographic grid: Creates a grid using the lines of longitude and lines of latitude

Latitude: The lines ranging from east to west

Parallels: The lines that run east to west parallel to the equator

Meridian: The line the splits the earths in half going north to south

LO2: Identify the major significant lines of latitude and longitude

Longitude: Prime Meridian,                                                                                                              Latitude: Equator, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, arctic circle, antarctic circle, South Pole, and North Pole all latitude

LO3: Plot absolute location using lat/long

19.4326° N, 99.1332° W Mexico city


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