SS: Locations Review Quiz

A time zone is a region on earth bound by a line of ___.

• latitude

• longitude

• equator

• international date line

Longitudinal lines are also known as ___.

• international date line

• equators

• meridians

Meridians, or longitudinal lines, run from ___

• North to South

• East to West

There are __ time zones in the world.

• 14

• 180

• 360

• 24

The earth rotates ___degrees every day

(hint: think of what it is called when a skateboarder or snowboarder does one full turn).

• 360

• 180

• 24

• 15

Each time zone is __ degrees wide, or 1 hour of time apart.

• 180

• 360

• 15

• 24

Where did the idea for international time zones begin?

• London, England

• Edinburgh, Scotland

• Greenwich, England

• Dublin, Ireland

The ___ runs through Greenwich, England.

• equator

• prime meridian

• international date line

If you go WEST of the Prime Meridian, time ___ by an hour.

• increases

• decreases

If you go EAST of the Prime Meridian, time ___ by an hour.

• increases

• decreases