Time Zones Word Search
A free Time Zones word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on the terms and ideas of a school subject, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Words to find: MERIDIAN, PRIME, LONGITUDE, LATITUDE, EQUATOR, HEMISPHERE, GREENWICH, STANDARD, DAYLIGHT, SAVING, ZONE, GLOBAL.
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Time Zones word list, defined
- MERIDIAN /məˈrɪdiən/ · noun
- A line on a map or globe that connects points of equal longitude, or the time of day at a particular place on the Earth's surface, especially when it is at its highest or lowest point in the sky. Related: longitude, line of longitude, prime meridian.
- PRIME /praɪm/ · adjective, noun
- Being such in essential or characteristic features; fundamental. A number that is divisible only by itself and 1. Related: chief, principal, fundamental, basic.
- LONGITUDE /ˈlɒndʒɪtʃdʒən/ · noun
- The distance, measured in degrees, minutes, and seconds, east or west of the prime meridian at Greenwich, London, used to locate a point on the Earth's surface. Related: latitude, position, location, co-ordinates.
- LATITUDE /ˈlætɪtjuːd/ · noun
- The angular distance of a place north or south of the Earth's equator, measured in degrees, minutes, and seconds, or in decimal degrees. The latitude of a place is its distance from the equator, with 0° latitude at the equator and increasing to 90° at the North Pole and -90° at the South Pole. Related: altitude, elevation, height, position.
- EQUATOR /ɪˈkweɪtər/ · noun
- The imaginary line around the middle of the Earth, equidistant from the North and South Poles, dividing the planet into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. By extension, a similar line around any rotating celestial body or sphere.
- HEMISPHERE /hɛmɪˈsfɪər/ · noun
- Either half of a sphere, especially the Earth, including all the land and water on one side of the equator or prime meridian. A half of a sphere, especially one of the two halves into which the Earth is divided by the equator or prime meridian. Related: half, side, region, sector.
- STANDARD /ˈstændərd/ · noun, verb, adjective
- A level of quality or attainment that is considered normal or expected; a model or example of something that is considered to be of high quality or standard. Related: normal, average, expected, usual.
- DAYLIGHT /ˈdeɪlaɪt/ · noun
- The natural light of the sun during the day; the period between sunrise and sunset when there is light outside. Related: sunlight, daybreak, dawn, sunshine.
- SAVING /ˈseɪvɪŋ/ · verb, noun
- The act of preserving or setting aside money or resources for future use. The state of being saved or preserved. Related: conserving, preserving, storing, hoarding.
- ZONE /zoʊn/ · noun, verb
- A particular area or region of an activity, industry, or sphere of interest; a designated area or region of a country or city. Related: area, region, sector, sphere.
- GLOBAL /ˈɡloʊbəl/ · adjective
- Relating to or involving the entire world; worldwide. Concerned with or affecting the entire world, not just a particular country or region. Related: international, worldwide, universal, cosmopolitan.
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