Tuesday 9 September 2014

Time Zone

What is a time zone?
A time zone is an imaginary line that make different times in different places.

Why do we have time zones?
So that time in different places make scene.

How are the time zones set?
When the sun is directly above one place.

Which direction does the Earth rotate? (clockwise or anticlockwise)
Anti-Clockwise

How many time zones are there altogether?
24

What are the time zones named?
Australian Central Daylight Time
Atlantic Daylight Time
Australian Eastern Daylight Time
Afghanistan Time
Alaska Daylight Time
Alma-Ata Time
Amazon Time
Hong Kong Time

There are to many to go on.

Which time zone is New Zealand part of?
New Zealand Standard Time

Name 2 other countries which are also in our time zone.
Alaska, Russia

What is the international date line and why do we have it?

The International Date Line (IDL) is an imaginary line of longitude on the Earth's surface located at about 180 degrees east (or west) of the Greenwich Meridian. The date line is shown as an uneven black verticalline in the Time Zone Map above and marks the divide where the datechanges by one day.

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