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Calculating Time Travel
The North Carolina Geographic Alliance
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The North Carolina Geographic Alliance http://geo.appstate.edu/NCGA
Time Zones The world is divided into 24 time zones. The North Carolina Geographic Alliance
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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? The North Carolina Geographic Alliance
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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. The North Carolina Geographic Alliance
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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 The North Carolina Geographic Alliance
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Meet the Map The Prime Meridian is 0⁰ longitude
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Meet the Map The Prime Meridian is 0⁰ longitude
The International Date Line is 180⁰ longitude
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Meet the Map The Prime Meridian is 0⁰ longitude
The International Date Line is 180⁰ longitude Color coded time zones
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What happens when you travel across the International Date Line?
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Gain a Day What happens when you travel across the International Date Line?
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Gain a Day What happens when you travel across the International Date Line? Skip a Day
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2 If it is 2 pm on Tuesday in New York, what day and time it is in Los Angeles?
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2 If it is 2 pm on Tuesday in New York, what day and time it is in Los Angeles?
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Gain a Day If it is 9:00 am on Friday in LA, what day and time is it in Sydney? Skip a Day
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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