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Daily Geography Week 5 Day 1

Daily Geography Week 5 Day 2. What is the difference between absolute location and relative location?Name the seven countries that make up Central America.. Absolute location refers to a place's location on the latitude and longitude grid system; relative location describes a place's location in

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Daily Geography Week 5 Day 1

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    1. Daily Geography Week 5 Day 1 What is the capital of the country whose neighbors are Colombia, Brazil, and Guyana? What is the difference between a plateau and a plain? Caracas (Venezuela) Both are relatively flat, but a plateau is a highland

    2. Daily Geography Week 5 Day 2 What is the difference between absolute location and relative location? Name the seven countries that make up Central America. Absolute location refers to a place’s location on the latitude and longitude grid system; relative location describes a place’s location in relation to other places Guatemala, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama, Nicaragua

    3. Daily Geography Week 5 Day 3 If it is winter in Poland, what season is it in Zimbabwe? Why? What is the capital of the country through which 40° N and 20° E pass? Summer; because Poland is in the Northern Hemisphere and Zimbabwe is in the Southern Hemisphere Tiranë or Tirana (Albania)

    4. Daily Geography Week 5 Day 4 Into how many degrees of longitude is the earth divided? If it is dawn in the eastern United States, is the western United States in darkness? Why or why not? 360° Yes; because of the earth’s rotation from west to east

    5. Daily Geography Week 5 Day 5 As you may recall, degrees may be divided into minutes (') and minutes into seconds (“). There are 60 minutes in each degree and sixty seconds in each minute. Find the absolute location of your town in degrees and minutes. 41° 58‘ 59" North, 91° 40‘ 7" West

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