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Time Zones

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  • What is the name of the vertical lines that divide the Earth based on longitude?
    They are the meridiands
  • What is the space between each meridian in degrees?
    15º of longitude
  • When we go east, do we add or subtract an hour?
    When we go east, we add an hour
  • Where is the famous Prime Meridian location?
    It is Greenwich, London
  • Why are there time zones?
    Because of day and night
  • It's 3:00pm in Portugal. What time is it in Turkey?
    It's 5:00pm
  • When we go west, do we add or subtract an hour?
    When we go west, we subtract an hour
  • How many meridians are there?
    There are 25
  • When we travel, is our body more prepared to go east or west?
    The body is more prepared to go west
  • How can we divide the time in a day?
    We can dividie it in hours, minutes and seconds.
  • What is Brazil's official time zone?
    It is GMT -3
  • The meridians are divided based on: a) north and south b) east and west
    b) east and west
  • What is the name of the meridian at 0º?
    Prime Meridian