Quiz on HISTORICAL TIMELINES & their parts

Roughly, how many people die every 24 hours?(pick the correct range)

• 2-10,000
• 2 billion- 3.2 billion

• 50,000-100,000

• 150,000-160,000

Our hearts beat around how many times every 24 hours?

• 99,000-100,000

• 400,000-1.1 billion

• 7-48

• trillion- a google

What did early Egyptians use the moon’s phases to determine?

• the weather

• their birthdays

• how many waves hit the shore in a day

• The length of a month

What did the markings on the sides of candle clocks indicate?

How does a sundial work?

How many parts did Egyptians divide their sundials into?

• 60

• 12

• 9

• 31

Where were the people from that used candles and incense sticks to keep track of time?

• Native Americans

• Sumerians

• Asia

• Egyptians

What is the sexagesimal system?

Enter Ctesibius was the man regarded as the inventor of the first real what?

• WATER

• WATER CLOCK

• SUNDIAL

• The Bible

What is an atomic clock?