Time Zone

As you travel from west to east, does it get later or earlier?

• Earlier
• Later

How many time zones are there in the world?

• 24
• 12
• 6
• 48

Approximately how wide is each time zone, in degrees?

• 5^o

• 10^o

• 15^o

• 20^o

Why aren't time zone boundaries completely straight?

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

• to allow for travel time

• for train and airplane schedules

• because of landforms

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

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is the meaning of GMT?

• Greedy Mean Time

• Greenwich Mean Time

Time in each time zone is about how many hours difference?

• 1 hour

• 2 hours

The line from east to west around the world are called?

• longitude

• latitude

Why is it daytime in the UK when it is night-time in Australia?

• On opposite sides of the planet

• They have different seasons

• Distance from the moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

London is six hours ahead of Mexico. When it’s 3.00 pm in London, what time is it in Mexico?

• 12:00pm

• 9:00pm

• 12:00am

• 9:00am