Locating Places on Earth

• Which one DEFINES a location?


  Describing its location in relation to other places
• Which one DEFINES a location?


  Expressing the absolute location in terms of latitude and longitude
• What are the 2 imaginary lines called?


  Latitude, Longitude
• How many degrees is the equator?


  Horizontal 0 degrees
• Where does the Longitudinal of the Equator begin?


  North to South pole
• How many degrees is the Prime Meridian?


  0 degrees
• Where does the Prime Meridian pass through?


  Greenwich England
• How many degrees is the Anti Meridian?


  180 degrees
• used to reference for international date line


  Antimeridian
• passes through pacific ocean, Russia, United states, Fiji, New Zealand to maintain time consistency 


  Antimeridian
• It spins on an axis


  Rotation
• movement around a star or other bodies


  Revolution
• How many degrees is our axis tilted at?

  23.5
• where does the word "Archipelago" come from?


  greek word arkhi
• what does "arkhi" mean?


  chief and pelagos
• what does cheif and pelagos mean?

  sea