Relative and absolute location

Is a description of where a place is in relation to other places.

• Relative Location

• Absolute location

• Prime Meridian

Tells exactly were a place is located on Earth, and we find the absolute location of a place by using a map or a globe.

• Street address

• Relative Location

• Absolute location

Are imaginary lines that run from North to the South.

• latitude

• longitude

• location

Is a line of longitude that divides the Earth in Eastern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere.

• equator

• prime meridian

• latitude

Are imaginary lines that run from East to West. They help us get an absolute location of a place.

• latitude

• longitude

• equator

Is an imaginary line around the middle of a planet.

• prime meridian

• equator

• globe

Is a line of latitude at 23°27' north of the equator, and the farthest north that the sun appears directly above.

• tropic of capricorn

• prime meridian

• tropic of cancer

Is a line of latitude at 23°27' south of the equator, and the farthest south that the sun appears directly above.

• equator

• tropic of capricorn

• tropic of cancer

Paraguay is between Argentina, Brazil, and Bolivia.

• absolute location

• relative location

• street address

The White House is located on 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington D.C 20500

• absolute location

• relative location

• map