Geography for Life Day 2.

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Geography for Life Day 2

Starter I won’t make you share these! I just want you to think and write them down. What are you goals for this class? What are you goals for this year (in or out of school)? What are your goals for life after high school? If you finish early answer this question: What is geography?

Latitude and Longitude Latitude – Horizontal (E/W) Longitude – Vertical (N/S) Latitude measurement start from middle of the Earth and spread upward/downward What is this called? Longitude measurement starts where? Latitude Looooooooooooooooooongitude

Latitude/Longitude Activity Tectonic Plates

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