Chapter 2 Section 1 Lesson

Multiple Choice

Where is all time measured from?

• Greenwich Meantime

• 0^o longitude

• Prime Meridian

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

Approximately how wide is each time zone, in degrees?

• 5^o

• 10^o

• 15^o

• 20^o

Multiple Choice

How many time zones are there in the world?

• 360

• 24

• 15

• 2

Multiple Choice

Time zones are based loosely on what?

• Latitude bands

• Longitude bands

• the International Date Line

• the Prime Meridian

Multiple Choice

What do you call a day with the shortest or longest amount of light?

• Solstice

• Equinox

Multiple Choice

What is the main reason for the seasons?

• the poles

• the hemispheres

• the rotation of the earth

• the tilt of the earth's axis

Multiple Choice

How many time zones are in the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii?

• 1

• 4

• 6

• 9

Multiple Choice

What seasons to the solstices happen?

• spring and summer

• winter and fall

• fall and spring

• summer and winter

Multiple Choice

Why aren't time zone boundaries completely straight?

• to keep the same country in in the same time zone

• to confuse people

• for train schedules

• because of landforms

Multiple Choice

When you head west across the International Date Line, it becomes the next day.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

If it is 10:00 am in Detroit, what time is it in New York City?

• 7:00 am

• 8:00 am

• 9:00 am

• 10:00 am

Multiple Choice

If it is 11:00 pm in Detroit, what time is it in Chicago?

• 9:00 pm

• 10:00 pm

• 11:00 pm

• 12:00 am

Multiple Choice

If the time in London in 1:00 pm, GMT, what time is it in Paris?

• 10:00 am

• 11:00 am

• 12:00 pm (noon)

• 2:00 pm

Multiple Choice

If it is 2:00 pm, GMT in London, what time is it in Tokyo?

• 8:00 pm

• 9:00 pm

• 10:00 pm

• 11:00 pm

Multiple Choice

If it is January 20, 8:00 pm in New York City, what day and time is it in London

• January 20, 11:00 pm

• January 21, 1:00 am

• January 21, 2:00 am

• January 21, 3:00 am