M1- Timezones

What is the GMT?

• Greenwich Mean Time

• Globally Maintained Time

• Guaranteed Mutual Time

• Geraldton Managed Time

What is the International Date Line?

• A straight red line that divides the globe horizontally

• It is an imaginary line that shows the degree on which the earth is tilted

• It is opposite to the GMT and is the point at which the date changes

• An imaginary planetary line that is about 40,075 km long in circumference. It divides the planet into the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere.

The date changes when you cross the ___________

• Time Zone

• Prime Meridian

• International Date Line

• Equinox

___________ is located at 180° longitude and has 24 hours of difference between time zones.

• Time Zone

• Prime Meridian

• International Date Line

• Equinox

Eastern time zones are _________ of western time zones.

• ahead

• behind

• equal

• opposite

Earth rotates from ____________ to ___________.

• south to north

• north to south

• east to west

• west to east

The Earth rotates _________ around its axis.

• Clockwise

• Counter clockwise

The Earth is divided into ________ time zones

• 48

• 360

• 24

• 15

One of Earths rotations is equal to

• one hour

• one day

• one season

• one year

There are 24 hours in a day and 24 _________ in the world

• Shoes

• Time

• Timezones

• Maps