• Question: Why is there different time zones?

    Asked by Sammy to Huma, Jack, Lucy, Miranda, Peter on 14 Nov 2016.
    • Photo: Peter Boorman

      Peter Boorman answered on 14 Nov 2016:

      Hi Sammy,

      Great question! There are different time zones because the Sun points at different parts of the Earth at different times of the day. The time zones are defined so that whenever it is midday at a particular time, the Sun is more or less directly over head!

      Peter

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