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How many time zones are in the U.S. altogether?
4
8
6
7
if you cross a time zone line going east you must.....
subtract an hour from your watch
add an hour to your watch
What time zone would California be in?
Pacific Time
Mountain Time
Western Time
Eastern Time
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?
5o
10o
15o
20o
Where is all time measured from?
Greenwich Meantime
0o longitude
Prime Meridian
All of the above
Why aren't time zone boundaries completely straight?
so they don't split cities, coutrires or buildings
to allow for travel time
for train and airplane schedules
because of landforms
When you head west across the International Date Line, it becomes the next day.
True
False
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
The international dateline measures _____________ degrees
100
90
180
360
You are flying in a plane from Australia to the United States on Friday afternoon. What happens when you cross the international dateline?
becomes Thursday
becomes Saturday
nothing
you add and hour to your watch
12:00 a.m. is....
midnight
noon
Thursday becomes Friday at 12:00 p.m.
true
false
if it is 5:00 p.m. in Pittsburgh when you leave on a 4 hour flight to California, what time do you arrive?
6:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
9:00 p.m.
11:00 p.m.
P.M. stands for....
past midnight
post meridiem
post malone
past morning
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