
The lowest place in the southern and western hemisphere is the Laguna del Carbon in Argentina, which is at an altitude of meters below sea level.
Find as many words as you can that represent 'positive' and 'negative'. Fill in a table like this one, and share your results so that the class as a whole can create a thesaurus of words that represent 'negative' and 'positive'. Add more rows as necessary.
Words that represent 'positive'
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Important Questions on Integers Human Explorations
Roald Amundsen was an explorer from Norway who explored both the Arctic and the Antarctic, and was the first person to travel to the South Pole. In a race against explorer Robert Falcon Scott, Amundsen's expedition left Kristiansand, Norway, in August 1910 and arrived at the South Pole in December 1911 , about one month before Scott.
Along his voyage, Amundsen experienced a wide range of temperatures at locations like those in the table below.
Location | Date | Average monthly temperature |
Kristiansand, Norway | ||
Funchal, Portugal | ||
Whale Bay, Antarctica | ||
Framheim, Antarctica | ||
South Pole |
Arrange the locations according to their temperature from lowest to highest.

Roald Amundsen was an explorer from Norway who explored both the Arctic and the Antarctic, and was the first person to travel to the South Pole. In a race against explorer Robert Falcon Scott, Amundsen's expedition left Kristiansand, Norway, in August and arrived at the South Pole in December , about one month before Scott.
Along his voyage, Amundsen experienced a wide range of temperatures at locations like those in the table below.
Location | Date | Average monthly temperature |
Kristiansand, Norway | ||
Funchal, Portugal | ||
Whale Bay, Antarctica | ||
Framheim, Antarctica | ||
South Pole |
Arrange the temperatures from the lowest absolute value to the highest absolute value.

Roald Amundsen was an explorer from Norway who explored both the Arctic and the Antarctic, and was the first person to travel to the South Pole. In a race against explorer Robert Falcon Scott, Amundsen's expedition left Kristiansand, Norway, in August and arrived at the South Pole in December , about one month before Scott. Along his voyage, Amundsen experienced a wide range of temperatures at locations like those in the table below.
Location | Date | Average monthly temperature |
Kristiansand, Norway | ||
Funchal, Portugal | ||
Whale Bay, Antarctica | ||
Framheim, Antarctica | ||
South Pole |
What temperature has the same absolute value as that of Funchal? Research a location on Earth with that average temperature.

Roald Amundsen was an explorer from Norway who explored both the Arctic and the Antarctic, and was the first person to travel to the South Pole. In a race against explorer Robert Falcon Scott, Amundsen's expedition left Kristiansand, Norway, in August 1910 and arrived at the South Pole in December 1911 , about one month before Scott. ~ 100 Along his voyage, Amundsen experienced a wide range of temperatures at locations like those in the table below.
Location | Date | Average monthly temperature |
Kristiansand, Norway | ||
Funchal, Portugal | ||
Whale Bay, Antarctica | ||
Framheim, Antarctica | ||
South Pole |
Write down two positive temperatures and two negative temperatures that would have an absolute value between those Framheim and Kristiansand.

Write down the coordinates of each of the points in the coordinate grid below. Name the quadrant in which each is located.

Create a Cartesian plane and plot the point.

Create a Cartesian plane and plot the point.

Create a Cartesian plane and plot the point.
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