LOCATION

Exact location-

The exact spot on the Earth’s surface where something is located. We use either longitude and latitude or a street address

Relative Location-

Where something is in relation to something else

PLACE

Geographers describe places by their unique physical and human characteristics.

What are physical characteristics?

THINGS THAT OCCUR NATURALLY

Landforms

Wildlife

Plants

Climate

What are human characteristics?The actions and ideas of people that result in change

Buildings

Roads

Clothing

Food

Traditions

What physical characteristics can you find?

Sand dunes

river

trees

What human characteristics can you find?

boats

village

People walking

List 10 physical and 10 human characteristics you can see in this puzzle.

Are these two streets in the same city?

What makes them different?

Are there more physical or human differences?

Here are pictures of 2 deserts. Could these pictures be of the same desert? Why or why not?

One of these pictures is of the Sahara and the other is of the Painted Desert in Arizona. Can you tell the difference? How?