1. 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)

3. What colors do you see?

4. What colors do you see?

9. The four bodies of water on the Texas border
Rivers:
Rio Grande
Sabine
Red River
And, the Gulf of Mexico

10. Texas is bordered by four states and one country
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
And, Mexico

11. Latitude vs. Longitude Latitude = flatitude = ladder-tude
Longitude (long/tall)
How does your mouth move when you say it?

12. 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

13. JJ Watt has a 59.5” vertical leap

14. Prime meridian vs. the equator What kind of lines are they?

15. 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

16. What is the absolute location of the southernmost point of Texas?

17. What is the absolute location of Houston?

18. What is the relative location of Austin?

19. The End!