--- title: Time zones: why it's night in Sydney when it's day in London — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · World description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 120 «Time zones: why it's night in Sydney when it's day in London» of the world course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/120-time-zones/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / Time zones: why it's night in Sydney w… # Time zones: why it's night in Sydney when it's day in London The 16 questions of lesson 120 «Time zones: why it's night in Sydney when it's day in London» of the world course of Mova's primary school with their options, 97 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/world/120-time-zones/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/120-time-zones/t1/) — Jake's cousin in Sydney, in her pyjamas: "Mate, it's 8 at night here, yeah nah, can't play." ("Yeah nah" means no.) Why is it night there? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/120-time-zones/t2/) — Ellie: "Why don't we all use one time? Easier, innit." What would happen? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/120-time-zones/t3/) — Charlotte: "We leave at 11 and fly 8 hours, so we land at 7 pm, simples." What's wrong? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/120-time-zones/t4/) — Ivan: "I landed before I took off, I'm a time traveller, no cap!" ("No cap" means honestly.) What really happened? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/120-time-zones/t5/) — Amir's dad, at 2 pm in London: "The New York lot are just starting their day." Why? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/120-time-zones/t6/) — Zara: "Why's Babusia (grandma) always ringing so early for dinner?" She rings at 7 pm Kyiv time. What time is it in London? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/120-time-zones/t7/) — Sophie's dad, in Manchester in winter: "I'll bell you at 6." ("Bell" means phone.) He rings at 6 his time. Why is Sophie, in Dubai, cross? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/120-time-zones/t8/) — Luca, in Rome, Italy, in July, sees "Event at 18:00 UTC" and sets his alarm for 18:00. What happens? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/120-time-zones/t9/) — Max: "Pilots must get proper muddled flying through loads of zones." What do they do? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/120-time-zones/t10/) — What would happen to the width of a one-hour time zone if the Earth spun once every 12 hours? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/120-time-zones/t11/) — Noah, a Yorkshire lad: "Earth turns 360 degrees in 24 hours, so how wide's a time zone, like?" — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/120-time-zones/t12/) — A World Cup final kicks off at 20:00 local time in a country 7 hours behind you. Your mate: "Easy, that's 1 pm for us." What's right? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/120-time-zones/e1/) — Given that the Earth completes one rotation of 360 degrees in 24 hours, determine the angle through which it rotates in one hour. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/120-time-zones/e2/) — A flight departs London at 11:00 London time and is of eight hours' duration; New York is five hours behind London. Ascertain the local time of arrival in New York. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/120-time-zones/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning places situated to the east of an observer. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/120-time-zones/e4/) — Identify the principal purpose of Coordinated Universal Time. — right ✓ · exam - ← previous: [119. The Moon's month and the year round the Sun](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/119-moon-month-and-year/) - next →: [121. The date line and summer time: clocks going forw…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/121-date-line-and-summer-time/) - ↑ back to [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/)