Exam 15: Place and Time

The number of daylight hours at 40°S is greatest during the month of

The Julian calendar assumed that there were ______________ days in a year.

When one travels west while passing over a time zone boundary (ignoring daylight savings time issues),

On June 21, the noonday Sun is overhead at what latitude?

A ______________ is always longer than a ______________ .

Six months of daylight at the North Pole begins when the Sun is at the

The elapsed time between two successive crossings of the same meridian by a star other than the Sun is known as the ______________ day.

The number of daylight hours at any place on Earth's oceans depends on the ______________ and the ______________ of the year.

A time zone is theoretically ______________° wide.

Which two of the following places are nearest to each other? Place A at latitude 20°N, longitude 90°W Place B at latitude 30°N, longitude 90°W Place C at latitude 30°N, longitude 75°W Place D at latitude 20°N, longitude 75°W

A ______________ is always shorter than a ______________ .

When the IDL is crossed going from east to west, a day is ______________.

When one crosses the International Date Line traveling eastward, one day is ______________ the present date.

The 90°W longitude meridian is the center of the ______________ Standard Time zone in the United States.

Determine the distance in nautical miles between point A, located at 45°N, 75°W, and point B, located at 30°S, 75°W.

The international time standard is

At noon on June 21, the Sun is directly overhead at a latitude of

The longest-daylight day for people in the Southern Hemisphere at latitudes greater than 30°S occurs at the

The number of daylight hours before 12 noon is approximately the ______________ as the number after 12 noon.

Los Angeles, California, is in the ______________ Standard Time zone.