Chapter 15 Time And Temperature Worksheet Page 15
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TIME AND TEMPERATURE (Chapter 15)
WEST
EAST
EAST
WEST
WEST
of Greenwich
of Greenwich
of Greenwich
of Greenwich
of Greenwich
15°
0°
15°
30°
45°
60°
75°
90°
105°
120°
135°
150°
175°
180°
175°
150°
135°
120°
105°
90°
75°
60°
45°
30°
Anchorage
60°
Greenwich
Moscow
London
Beijing
New York
San Francisco
Tokyo
Tehran
30°
Los Angeles
Cairo
Honolulu
Mumbai
Bangkok
0°
Nairobi
Equator
Lima
Tonga
Johannesburg
Adelaide
30°
Cape Town
Perth
Santiago
Sydney
Auckland
-1
+1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +10 +11
-11 -10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3
GMT
60°
12
2 p.m.
4 p.m.
6 p.m.
8 p.m.
10 p.m.
12
2 a.m.
4 a.m.
6 a.m.
8 a.m.
10 a.m.
noon
midnight
Places to the east of the prime meridian are ahead of or later than GMT.
Places to the west of the prime meridian are behind or earlier than GMT.
The numbers in the zones show how many hours have to be added or subtracted from
Greenwich Mean Time to work out the standard time for that zone.
Example 9
Self Tutor
If it is 12 noon in Greenwich, what is the standard time in:
Some cultures believe a
a
Sydney
b
San Francisco?
new day begins at
sunrise. Most countries
use midnight as the
Sydney is in a zone marked +10:
a
beginning of a day.
So, the standard time in Sydney is 10 hours ahead of GMT.
The standard time in Sydney is 10 pm.
San Francisco is in a zone marked ¡8:
b
So, the standard time in San Francisco is 8 hours behind GMT.
The standard time in San Francisco is 4 am.
EXERCISE 15F
Use the Standard Time Zone map to answer these questions:
If it is 12 noon in Greenwich, what is the standard time in:
1
a
Moscow
b
Beijing
c
Adelaide
d
Santiago?
If it is 12 midnight Monday in Greenwich, what is the standard time in:
2
a
b
c
d
Cairo
Mumbai
Tokyo
London?
If it is 10 pm on Tuesday in Beijing, what is the standard time in:
3
a
b
c
d
New York
San Francisco
Tehran
Johannesburg?
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