Time 03

Question 1

Which way does the way rotate?

Answer 1

Rotates eastwards (anti-clockwise)

Question 2

At what angle is the earth tilted?

Answer 2

23.5 degrees

Question 3

How many seasons are there?

Answer 3

4 season.

Question 4

List the 4 seasons

Answer 4

December-Winter solstice
March- Spring (vernal equinox)
June- Summer solstice
September-Autumnal equinox

Question 5

What is noon?

Answer 5

The point on the earths surface when the sun reaches the highest point in the sky during any given day.

Question 6

The length of the day, according to the solar time is not the same throughout the year because the apparent motion of the sun varies. True or False?

Answer 6

True.

Question 7

Define Night

Answer 7

The hours between the end of evening civil twilight and the beginning of morning civil twilight.

Question 8

Define Civil twilight

Answer 8

Ends in the evening when the centre of the sun’s disc is 6 degrees below the horizon and begins in the morning when the centre of the sun’s disc is 6 degrees below the horizon

Question 9

Mean solar time is based on the motion of an imaginary sun travelling at an even rate throughout the year. True or False?

Answer 9

True.

Question 10

List the 3 sorts of time

Answer 10

1) Co-ordinated Universal Time (UTC)
2) Zone Time
3) Local Time

Question 11

What does UTC assume?

Answer 11

Assumes the sun crosses the prime meridian at 1200hrs (uses 24 hour clock).

Question 12

The world is divided into _____\______ each covering ____________ of longitude. It is ___________ either side of the line.

Answer 12

Time/Zones
15 degrees
7.5 degrees

Question 13

If the country is to the east of the prime meridian then they are_______

Answer 13

Ahead

Question 14

What is the international date line?

Answer 14

An irregularly drawn line ok the map of the Pacific Ocean. Near and coincident with the 180th Meridian

Question 15

How many time zones are there?

Answer 15

24