Geography Location

Which of the following is an example of absolute location?

• St. Louis is located at 38 degrees North, 90 degrees West.

• Denver is near the Rocky Mountains.

• My house is near Lucky Elementary School.

• St. Louis is where the Missouri and Mississippi rivers meet.

What is the study of Earth's features and the effects of land on people, plants, and animals called?

• Geography

• Biology

• Astronomy

• Geology

What are the imaginary lines called that are used to pinpoint a place's exact position on Earth?

• Latitude and Longitude

• Equator and Prime Meridian

• Tropics and Circles

• Axes and Coordinates

How do lines of latitude run across the Earth?

• East-West

• North-South

• Between the poles

• Diagonal

What does relative location describe?

• A place's position in relation to other places

• A place's exact coordinates

• A place's address

• A place's latitude and longitude

Which of the following is NOT a form of location mentioned in the passage?

• Imaginary location

• Absolute location

• Relative location

• Exact location

What is the difference between absolute location and relative location?

• Absolute location is the exact position and relative location describes the places it is nearby.

• Absolute location is not as specific a position and relative location describes the exact position.

What is longitude? (pick 2)

• the lines that run in an east to west direction circling the earth

• the lines that identify the distance north or south of the equator

• the lines that run the length of the poles

• the lines that identify the distance east or west of the prime meridian

What is latitude? (pick 2)

• the lines that identify a location's distance north or south of the equator

• the lines that identify the distance east or west of the prime meridian

• the lines that circle the Earth in an east-west direction

• the lines that run the length of the poles