Latitude & Longitude. ► Latitude Lines  Run parallel to the equator (also called Parallels)  (Think of the rungs of a ladder; latitude=ladder) ► Longitude.

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

Latitude and Longitude

Advertisements

CHAPTER ONE FINDING YOUR WAY.

Latitude and Longitude

Latitude and Longitude

Bellwork August What is the name of the latitude line at 66.5* North? 2. What is the name of the latitude line at 66.5* South? 3. The __________.

Latitude, Longitude, & Map Reading

WEEK FOUR GEOGRAPHY NOTE

Introduction to World Geography Mr. Healey

1 World Map Individual countries. #1 The World in Spatial Terms Location Where is it? Why is it there? Two Types of Location Absolute Relative.

Lines of Latitude and Longitude

1 Earth. 2 Objectives To identify the location of the equator, Arctic Circle, Antarctic Circle, North Pole, South Pole, Prime Meridian, the tropics and.

Vocabulary part 2.  It was a supercontinent from the Mesozoic and Paleozoic eras.

Terrestrial Coordinates (useful for specifying locations on the surface of the Earth) Longitude - Longitude -- East/West Coordinate -- 0  at the Prime.

CARDIO According to the map on page 16 of your textbook, find 20˚ S, 140˚ E on the global grid. What continent is found at that location?

Latitude and Longitude Notes

7. 3. spi. 6. Locate on a map specific lines of longitude and latitude

Scientific models in the form of maps can be useful for finding locations & showing land formations on the Earth’s surface.

Latitude and Longitude

Important Lines on the Globe These lines are lines that we need to know and use the most in Geography.

Latitude and Longitude Some Basics. Mapping Earth ► In order to find geographic locations on Earth, a global coordinate mapping system is used ► This.

Latitude and Longitude. Relative Location Relative location is the proximity of a location in relation to another point of interest. It is about where.

Finding your way in the world. Latitude lines are imaginary lines that run EAST/WEST (horizontally) around the earth's surface. Think of latitude like.

Global Context Chapter Three.

Standard 1.h: Read and interpret topographic and geologic maps.

Bellwork 1. What is the name of the line at 0* longitude?

* * 0 Latitude and Longitude. * * 0 ■ Lines of Latitude and Longitude are imaginary lines that encircle the Earth in either an East- West direction or.

 A place can be either in the NORTHERN or SOUTHERN hemisphere. That means it is in one of the halves above or below the imaginary east-west line known.

Measuring Latitude and Longitude. Parallels of Latitude Imaginary lines that remain at an equal distance from each other Labeled in degrees North or South.

Longitude and Latitude Dividing the Globe The Earth zThe earth is a SPHERE. zThe earth’s diameter at the equator is Km. zThe globe can be divided.

Locating Positions on the Earth’s Surface

Latitude and Longitude

 Distance measure in degrees- from 0 o to 90 o North or South of the equator  Equator- primary reference point  Lines are called parallels- form complete.

Important Lines on the Globe

Oh Where Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE.

LATITUDELONGITUDE  drawn east to west to show distances north or south of the Equator (0 degrees)  Equator divides the Earth into the Northern and the.

Measuring Latitude and Longitude. Absolute Location Exact location –Determined by measuring latitude & longitude –Latitude always written first (Latitude,

Locating Positions on Earth LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE.

Mapping the Earth: Objective: To demonstrate knowledge of how to locate places on the Earth using absolute location and systems of measurement.

Latitude and Longitude HEMISPHERES. Earth’s Hemispheres The Earth can be divided into four parts or hemispheres: 1)Northern 2)Southern 3)Eastern 4)Western.

Page 44 of your atlas – find the approximate location of Penticton

A marker used to tell where an object is located.

Latitude and Longitude

Latitude & Longitude.

Latitude & Longitude Lines

It’s all about location, location, location

Do Now! 1-Find Waldo 2- Describe how to find him!

Latitude and Longitude

Latitude and Longitude

Latitude and Longitude

Latitude and Longitude

Relative Location Relative location describes the spatial relationships between and among places Where something is in relationship to something else.

Latitude and Longitude

Latitude and Longitude

Maps Vocabulary Part 2.

Latitude and Longitude

Page 44 of your atlas – find the approximate location of Penticton

Latitude and Longitude

There are seven continents Asia

Latitude and Longitude Notes

Latitude and Longitude

Absolute Location. Open your ISN to page 8 and create a Cornell Notes page like the example below.

Longitude and Latitude

What are two names for a line on the grid system that run E/W?

Finding Locations on Earth: Latitude and Longitude

The Five Themes of Geography:

Latitude and Longitude

What are two names for a line on the grid system that run E/W?

Latitude and Longitude

Presentation transcript:

Latitude & Longitude

► Latitude Lines  Run parallel to the equator (also called Parallels)  (Think of the rungs of a ladder; latitude=ladder) ► Longitude Lines  Run pole to pole (also called Meridians)

► Latitude is written as a number of degrees north or south of the equator ► Equator = 0° latitude ► North Pole = 90° N Latitude ► South Pole = 90° S latitude 30 deg. South 40 deg. North

► Longitude is written as a certain number of degrees East or West of the Prime Meridian ► Prime Meridian = 0° Longitude 40 deg. East60 Deg. West

Tropic of Cancer (23.5˚ N) ► The sun is directly over this point on the Summer Solstice. It marks the sun’s most northerly location. (meaning, the sun is never directly overhead in the sky anywhere north of this line on the Earth’s surface)

Tropic of Capricorn (23.5˚ S) ► Sun is directly over this line on the Winter Solstice. It marks the most southerly location of the sun.

Prime Meridian = 0° Longitude -It runs through Greenwich, England

Finding and saying Absolute Location ► Say the Latitude first, then the Longitude ► Broken down into: ► ° = degrees ► ‘ = minutes (breaks down degrees) ► “ = seconds (breaks downs minutes) ► Think of it as distances of the Earth’s surface, not units of time. Each degree of Latitude is 69 miles wide. Divide that by 60 (60 minutes per degree), and you get each minute being 1.15 miles wide. Divide that 1.15 miles by 60 (60 seconds), and you get 0.02 miles (just over 100 feet) for each second.

Other Lines of Latitude to know… The Arctic Circle marks the highest point on the Earth’s surface at which the sun will always be either above or below the horizon for a 24 hour period. This means that during some parts of the year, there are days of 24 hours of sunlight and other parts of the year have 24 hours of darkness. The Antarctic Circle is the same as the Arctic, but when it is light at the Arctic, it will be dark at the Antarctic. Their seasons are reversed.

Hemispheres

Finding Latitude and Longitude ► Using the map on the previous slide, let’s find some points on the Earth’s surface: