TIME ZONES

What is a time zone?

• A place where you have to move slowly

• Geographical area of America

• Division of time in planet Earth

• The areas of a clock

A time zone is based on the Earth’s rotation and what else?

• The light from the Sun

• The moon’s phases

• The planting season

• The Earth’s seasons

Time zones are based mainly on what?

• Paralels

• Farming schedules

• Individual cultures

• Meridians

When it is 4:00 pm in Bogotá what time is it in Caracas?

• 3:00 pm

• 5:00 pm

• 5:00 am

• 6:00 pm

When it is 4:00 pm in New York what time is it in London? (5 hours of difference)

• 9:00 am

• 1:00 pm

• 9:00 pm

• 12:00 am

The place on the earth where the time is either one full day ahead or one full day behind is called the what?

• Equator

• Mason Dixon Line

• Axis

• International Date Line

How many time zones exist in the world?

• 24

• 12

• 15

• 36

How many degrees are in each time zone?

• 60

• 360

• 180

• 15

Imaginary line used to indicate 0° longitude that passes through Greenwich.

• International Date Line

• Prime meridian

• Equator

• Tropic of Cancer

It´s 12:00 pm in Paris. What time is it in Madrid?

• 12:00 am

• 11:00 pm

• 12:00 pm

• 10:00 am