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    The document discusses how time changes around the world due to time zones and differences in longitude. It explains that the Earth rotates 360 degrees in 24 hours. As you move west from the Prime Meridian, you subtract an hour for every 15 degrees of longitude. As you move east, you add an hour. Local time is defined by time zones, which generally follow longitude lines but can vary based on political boundaries.

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    The document discusses how time changes around the world due to time zones and differences in longitude. It explains that the Earth rotates 360 degrees in 24 hours. As you move west from the Prime Meridian, you subtract an hour for every 15 degrees of longitude. As you move east, you add an hour. Local time is defined by time zones, which generally follow longitude lines but can vary based on political boundaries.

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    Cyrus Flores,
    The document discusses how time changes around the world due to time zones and differences in longitude. It explains that the Earth rotates 360 degrees in 24 hours. As you move west from the Prime Meridian, you subtract an hour for every 15 degrees of longitude. As you move east, you add an hour. Local time is defined by time zones, which generally follow longitude lines but can vary based on political boundaries.

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    Today’s Objective:

    How Does Time Change Around the World?

    • How many hours does it take


    for the Earth to rotate 360o ?

    • How many degrees does it


    rotate per hour?
    Local Time

    • Local time is the time in a


    particular region or time
    zone
    Time Zones

    • A time zone is a region that has a uniform


    time for legal, commercial, and social
    purposes.

    • Time zones are loosely based on longitude,


    but tend to follow political boundaries.
    • Time zones start at the Prime
    Meridian and end at the
    International Date Line

    Prime Meridian
    0o Longitude

    International Date Line


    (the day changes)

    180o Longitude
    • As you move WEST from Oo longitude you
    must subtract an hour for every 15 o of
    Longitude

    West – Subtract 1 hr
    • As you move EAST from Oo longitude you
    must Add an hour for every 15 o of Longitude

    East – Add 1 hr West – Subtract 1 hr


    NOW TRY THESE . . .
    1. How many degrees Longitude is equal to 1 hour?

    2. If it is 12 Noon at 0° longitude, what time is it at 60° W?

    3. If it is 12 Noon at 0° longitude, what time is it at 30° W?

    4. If it is 12 Noon at 0° longitude, what time is it at 45° E?

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