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Time Zones The Earth’s Rotations How long does it take for the Earth to rotate once on it’s axis? Daylight on one side; nighttime on the other.

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3 The Earth’s Rotations How long does it take for the Earth to rotate once on it’s axis? Daylight on one side; nighttime on the other.

4 Scientists created a different time zone for each hour of the day, so how many time zones are there in the world?

5 What is the starting point for measuring time?

6 This imaginary line runs from the North Pole to the South Pole and passes through, England. Greenwich

7 Most time zones?Least time zones? Asia Australia

8 International Date Line

9 Everything west of the line is one day ahead of everything east of the line. Thursday in North America Friday in Asia

10 How many time zones does the United States have?

11 Eastern Central Mountain Pacific Alaskan Hawaiian


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