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Calculating Time Travel

Calculating Time Travel. The North Carolina Geographic Alliance. Time Zones. The world is divided into 24 time zones. The North Carolina Geographic Alliance http://geo.appstate.edu/NCGA. Time Zones. The world is divided into 24 time zones.

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Calculating Time Travel

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  1. Calculating Time Travel The North Carolina Geographic Alliance

  2. Time Zones • The world is divided into 24 time zones. The North Carolina Geographic Alliance http://geo.appstate.edu/NCGA

  3. 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 http://geo.appstate.edu/NCGA

  4. 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

  5. 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 http://geo.appstate.edu/NCGA

  6. Meet the Map The Prime Meridian is 0⁰ longitude

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

  8. Meet the Map The Prime Meridian is 0⁰ longitude The International Date Line is 180⁰ longitude Color coded time zones

  9. What happens when you travel across the International Date Line?

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

  11. Gain a Day What happens when you travel across the International Date Line? Skip a Day

  12. 2 If it is 2 pm on Tuesday in New York, what day and time it is in Los Angeles?

  13. 2 If it is 2 pm on Tuesday in New York, what day and time it is in Los Angeles?

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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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?

  20. 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?

  21. 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?

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. 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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