Daylight Saving

During daylight saving time, clocks are set:

• One hour behind standard time

• One hour ahead of standard time

• Two hours behind standard time

• Two hours ahead of standard time

What's the basic purpose behind daylight saving time?

• To get more waking hours out of long summer days

• To get an extra hour of sleep

• To cut down on heating costs

• To save on the cost of electricity

During daylight saving time, when is there an extra hour of daylight?

• In the morning

• At night

• In the evening

• During the middle of the day

What can you infer from the fact that daylight saving time is handled differently around the world?

• Most countries move their clocks back an hour during the summer

• Most countries don't observe daylight saving time

• Only the United States observes daylight saving time

• There's no universal system for daylight saving time

When are clocks in the United States moved forward an hour?

• The first Sunday in March

• The first Sunday in November

• The second Sunday in March

• The second Sunday in November

What role did Benjamin Franklin play in the development of daylight saving time?

• He instituted daylight saving time in Philadelphia before it was instituted anywhere else

• He convinced the U.S. government to adopt daylight saving time

• He designed a clock that was easy to move backward and forward

• He came up with the idea that people should wake up earlier in the day

How is the European Union's daylight saving system different from the United States' system?

• Daylight saving time begins and ends on different days in the E.U. than it does in the United States

• The European Union does not observe daylight saving time at all

• Different European countries have different rules for daylight savings, while all U.S. states have the same rules

• The E.U. observes daylight saving time year-round; the U.S. only observes it for 6 months

Order the following events: A) William Willett suggests shifting clocks; B) Daylight saving is adopted during wartime; C) Congress officially establishes daylight saving time

• C, A, B

• B, A, C

• A, B, C

• A, C, B

What effect did the 2007 Energy Policy Act have on daylight saving time?

• It added an extra hour to daylight saving time

• It expanded daylight saving time into March and November

• It shrank the number of days in daylight saving time

• It took an extra hour away from daylight saving time

What effect does daylight saving time have on energy use?

• It reduces the amount of energy people use

• It increases the amount of energy people use

• It has no effect on the amount of energy people use

• We don't know yet, because there aren't enough data