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Time Zones
• The world is divided into 24 time zones.

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 Time Zones
• The world is divided into 24 time zones.
• Approximately how many degrees of
longitude divide each time zone?

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 Time Zones
• The world is divided into 24 time zones.
• Approximately how many degrees of
longitude divide each time zone?
• Hint: The world is divided into 360⁰.

The North Carolina Geographic Alliance http://geo.appstate.edu/NCGA

 Time Zones
• The world is divided into 24 time zones.
• Approximately how many degrees of
longitude divide each time zone?
• Hint: The world is divided into 360⁰.
• Ans: approximately 15⁰ per time zone

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Meet the Map
The Prime
Meridian is
0⁰ longitude
 Meet the Map
The Prime
Meridian is
0⁰ longitude

The International
Date Line is 180⁰
longitude
 Meet the Map
The Prime
Meridian is
0⁰ longitude

The International
Date Line is 180⁰
longitude

Color coded time

zones
What happens
when you travel
across the
International Date
Line?
Gain a Day What happens
when you travel
across the
International Date
Line?
 Gain a Day What happens
when you travel
across the
International Date
Line?

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2
If it is 2 pm on
Tuesday in New York,
what day and time it
is in Los Angeles?
2
If it is 2 pm on
Tuesday in New York,
what day and time it
is in Los Angeles?
 Gain a Day
If it is 9:00 am on Friday in
LA, what day and time is it
in Sydney?

Skip a Day
 Gain a Day
If it is 9:00 am on Friday in
LA, what day and time is it
in Sydney?

Hint: Add 18 hours

Skip a Day
 Gain a Day
If it is 9:00 am on Friday in
LA, what day and time is it
in Sydney?

Hint: Add 18 hours

Skip a Day Ans: 2:00 am on

Saturday
 Gain a Day
If it is 6:00 pm on Saturday
in Sydney, what day and
time is it in Rome – if you
travel west?

Skip a Day
 Gain a Day
If it is 6:00 pm on Saturday
in Sydney, what day and
time is it in Rome?

Skip a Day Ans: It is 10:00 am on

Saturday
 Gain a Day
If it is 6:00 pm on Saturday
in Sydney, what day and
time is it in Rome?

Skip a Day It is 10:00 am on

Saturday

What day and time if

you travel east from
Sydney to Rome?
 Gain a Day
If it is 6:00 pm on Saturday
in Sydney, what day and
time is it in Rome?

Skip a Day Ans: Same time!

What day and time if

you travel east from
Sydney to Rome?
9 If your 10 hour flight
departs Rome at 9:00
am on Sunday, what
day and time will it be
when you land in
Denver?
An If your 10 hour flight
departs Rome at 9:00
am on Sunday, what
day and time will it be
when you land in
Denver?

Hint: add the change

in time zones to the
time for the flight
An If your 10 hour flight
departs Rome at 9:00
am on Sunday, what
day and time will it be
when you land in
Denver?

Hint: add the change

in time zones to the
time for the flight

Ans: 11:00 am on
Sunday
 Gain a Day
If it is 7:00 am on
Tuesday in Japan,
what day and time
will it be in Chicago?

Skip a Day
 Gain a Day
If it is 7:00 am on
Tuesday in Japan,
what day and time
will it be in Chicago?

Skip a Day Ans: 10:00 pm on

Monday