Tuesday, September 12 T: A: Warm Up: Introduce Texas Geography The notes will be used to study for the test Warm Up: Get out a new sheet of paper Name, date, and period in the top right corner (NDPTRC)
What colors do you see?
What colors do you see?
The four bodies of water on the Texas border Rivers: Rio Grande Sabine Red River And, the Gulf of Mexico
Texas is bordered by four states and one country New Mexico Oklahoma Arkansas Louisiana And, Mexico
Latitude vs. Longitude Latitude = flatitude = ladder-tude Longitude (long/tall) How does your mouth move when you say it?
Latitude vs. Longitude Latitude Longitude Distance north or south from the equator measured in degrees Lines of latitude run horizontally, parallel to the equator Longitude Distance measured by degrees east or west from the prime meridian Lines of longitude run vertically, parallel to the prime meridian
JJ Watt has a 59.5” vertical leap
Prime meridian vs. the equator What kind of lines are they?
Location Location: the location of a place on the earth’s surface Absolute location: the exact position of a place on earth’s surface expressed in latitude and longitude (coordinates) Relative location: the location of a place in relation to other places
What is the absolute location of the southernmost point of Texas?
What is the absolute location of Houston?
What is the relative location of Austin?
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