Time Zones

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

• Earlier
• Later

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

If it is 5:00 pm in Miami, Florida, what time is it in Denver, Colorado?

• 3:00pm

• 8:00pm

• 4:00pm

• 6:00am

The NFL game starts at 8 p.m. in our time zone. What time will it start in California?

• 10 p.m.

• 6 p.m.

• 5 p.m

• 11 p.m.

How many time zones are there in the world?

• 24

• 12

• 6

• 48

If it is 2:00 PM in Cleveland, Ohio, what time is it in Miami, Florida?

• 2:00 PM

• 12:00 PM

• 3:00 PM

• 1:00 PM

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

Places that are located to the West...

• Are at an earlier time

• Are at a later time

Which hemisphere gets each day first?

• northern

• southern

• eastern

• western

What causes day and night?

• the sun moving around the Earth

• the Earth moving around the sun

• rotation

• revolution