Canadian Time Zones Part 1: Use your notes to answer the following questions



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Canadian Time Zones

Part 1: Use your notes to answer the following questions.

  1. What type of lines mark time zones?

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  1. What is time distance?

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  1. How many world time zones are there? ________________




  1. Why is each time zone 15° wide?

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  1. What happens when you travel east over the International Date Line?

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  1. What happens when you travel west over the International Date Line?

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  1. Why is the Prime Meridian important when it comes to time zones? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________




  1. How many time zones are there in Canada? _________________




  1. Who is Sir Sanford Fleming? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


Part 2: Using the time zone map (and perhaps an atlas), identify the time zone in which each of the following major cities of Canada is located.


City

Time Zone

  1. Toronto, Ontario

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  1. Yellowknife, NWT

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  1. Victoria, British Columbia

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  1. St. John’s, Newfoundland

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  1. Edmonton, Alberta

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  1. Quebec City, Quebec

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  1. Iqaluit, Nunavut

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  1. Winnipeg, Manitoba

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  1. Regina, Saskatchewan

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  1. Halifax, Nova Scotia

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  1. Fredericton, New Brunswick

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  1. Whitehorse, Yukon

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  1. Charlottetown, PEI

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Part 3: Solve each of the problems below dealing with time.

  1. If Paul gets up in St. John’s Newfoundland, at six o’clock in the morning, what time would it be in Vancouver, British Columbia? _________________




  1. It is _________ in Vancouver when it is 12 noon in Ottawa. It is 3 PM in Vancouver when it is _________ in Ottawa.




  1. The Thompson family leaves home in Vancouver, British Columbia, at 7:00 in the morning to arrive on time at school and work. As they leave home, their friends, the Scotts, who live in St. John’s Newfoundland, are preparing for a meal. What time is it in St. John’s? ___________________________




  1. Pierre in Hamilton, Ontario (EST), goes to school at eight o’clock in the morning. What is the time in each of the following zones?

  1. Central Standard Time _____________________________

  2. Pacific Standard Time _____________________________

  3. Newfoundland Standard Time _____________________________

  4. Mountain Standard Time _____________________________

  5. Atlantic Standard Time _____________________________

  1. If the time in the Newfoundland Time Zone is three and one half hours earlier than the Greenwich Mean time, calculate the time in Greenwich for each of the times below:

    If the Newfoundland Time is:

    The Greenwich time is:

    1. 12:00 pm

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    1. 6:30 am

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    1. 11:00 am

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    1. 8:00 pm

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    1. 9:30 am

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  2. Flying in Canada. *Note: Flight schedule time is always the local time in the place where the plane lands or takes off.

  1. A plane takes off from Montreal at 7:00 AM going to Vancouver. The flight lasts 6 hours. At what time will it land in Vancouver? _________________




  1. A plane takes off from Edmonton at 1:00 PM going to Toronto. The flight lasts 4 hours. At what time will it land in Toronto? ___________________




  1. A plane takes off from Winnipeg at 10:00 AM on a 3 hour flight. It goes to Halifax where it stops 2 hours and returns to Winnipeg. At what time will it land in Winnipeg? ______________________




  1. If the CBC is broadcasting a speech by the Prime Minister at the same time all across the country, what time would the speech be seen in each time zone if it is shown at 7:00 pm in Toronto, Ontario?




Time Zone

Time of News Broadcast

  1. Central

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  1. Pacific

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  1. Eastern

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  1. Newfoundland

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  1. Mountain

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  1. Atlantic

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  1. When it is 10:30 pm in Whitehorse what is the time in Yellowknife? __________________




  1. When it is 11:00 am in St. John's, what is the time in Regina?____________




  1. When it is 10:30 am in Edmonton, what would a clock in Vancouver show as the time? _______________________




  1. If it is 10:30 pm in Halifax, what time is it in Saint John? _____________




  1. When it is 8:30 am in Toronto, what is the time in Saint John's? ___________________


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