Year 5 Time Zones 1 (Textbook pg 101)

Read your textbook pg 101 first.

UNDERSTAND?

• YES

• NO

How many time zones are there on Earth?

• 6

• 12

• 24

• 36

What is the longitude at 0' called? It's called the __________.

• Optimus Prime

• Prime Meridian

• Prime Minister

• Prime Mauritus

Where does the Prime Meridian go through?

• Greenwich, London, England.

• Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia.

• New York, USA.

• Beijing, China

The time at Greenwich is called ________ (GMT).

• Good Mean Time

• Great Mean Time

• Greenwich Mean Time

• Going Mean Time

Lines for each time zone start from the north and go down to south. These lines are called?

• longitude

• latitude

How many degrees of longitude does the Earth rotate for every hour?

• 10 degrees

• 15 degrees

• 24 degrees

• 360 degrees

Places ______ of the Prime Meridian are ahead of GMT.

• north

• south

• east

• west

Places west of the Prime Meridian are __________ of GMT.

• ahead

• behind