GEOLOGY
PHYSICAL GEOLOGY
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Question
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the exact latitude and longitude coordinates of a place
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describing the location of a place by explaining what it is near
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -A relative location is the position of something relative to another landmark. For example, you might say you’re 50 miles west of Houston. An absolute location describes a fixed position that never changes, regardless of your current location. It is identified by specific coordinates, such as latitude and longitude.
Detailed explanation-2: -Relative location is a description of how a place is related to other places. For example, the Empire State Building is 365 kilometers (227 miles) north of America’s White House in Washington, D.C. It is also about 15 blocks from New York’s Central Park. These are just two of the building’s relative locations.
Detailed explanation-3: -An absolute location describes a precise point on Earth or another defined space. A relative location describes where something else by using another, familiar feature as a reference point.
Detailed explanation-4: -Directions such as left/right, forward/backward, and up/down are relative to an object’s current orientation. Absolute directions are relative to a fixed frame of reference and always point in the same direction, regardless of their location. Directions like north/south and east/west are examples of absolute direction.
Detailed explanation-5: -Locality. Relative location. Absolute location.