Location Words

What is absolute location?

• The exact position of a place on Earth's surface

• Where a place is near

What is relative location?

• The exact location using the global grid

• where a place is located in relation to another place

Is this relative or absolute location?

Shoprite is next to Home Depot.

• Relative Location

• Absolute Location

Is this relative or absolute location?

Bogota, Colombia is located at 4.7110° North and 74.0721° West

• Relative Location

• Absolute Location

What is the global grid?

• A physical map of the United States

• Lines that only run north and south of the equator

• the grid formed by crisscrossing lines of latitude and longitude on a map or globe

The imaginary line drawn around the middle of the earth at 0° latitude is called what?

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Scale

An imaginary line that divides the earth into Western and Eastern hemispheres located at 0° longitude is called what?

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Legend

Is this relative or absolute location?

The Atlantic Ocean is east of New Jersey.

• Relative Location

• Absolute Location

Is this relative or absolute location?

Cliff's Ice Cream is located at 1475 US-46, Ledgewood, NJ 07852

• Relative Location

• Absolute Location

Is this relative or absolute location?

Wildwood, New Jersey is south of Roxbury, New Jersey, and west of the Atlantic Ocean.

• Relative Location

• Absolute Location