Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Why do some countries have many time zones?
OR
What are ‘Time Zones’?
Solution
Large countries like Russia, Canada, and the United States have vast longitudinal extent. They do not have a single Standard Time for the whole Country. They have many time zones, with each time zone covering about 15° of longitude. The erstwhile Soviet Union had 11 times zones to cover 165° of longitudinal extent. Canada and the United States have five time zones extending from the Atlantic coast of the Pacific coast. There is a time difference of five hours between the two coasts.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
State the longitudinal value in degrees of Indian Standard Meridian.
What is the longitude of a place where the local time 1:15 p.m. when it is 4 a.m. at Chicago (88°W)?
What is “Greenwich Mean Time”?
Explain why the lines of longitude are called meridians of longitude?
State two properties of lines of longitude.
Tick the correct answer.
The value of the prime meridian is
Fill in the blanks.
The 0° Meridian is also known as ____________________.
True or False.
The standard longitude for Indian time is the 64° longitude.
A particular city lies in the time zone -2. What does this mean?
What is known as Eastern Hemisphere?
