The International Date Line functions as a “ line of demarcation ” separating two consecutive calendar dates. When you cross the date line, you become a time traveler of sorts! Cross to the west and it’s one day later; cross back and you’ve “gone back in time.”
Q. What happens when you cross the International Date Line going east?
When you cross it, you either gain or lose a day depending on which way you are traveling. If you are traveling westward, you gain a day, and if you are traveling eastward, you lose a day.
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- Q. What happens when you cross the International Date Line going east?
- Q. When a ship crosses the international date line from west to east answer?
- Q. What is the effect of international date line on crossing the line?
- Q. Why doesn’t the international date line follow the 180 Meridian exactly?
- Q. What happens when a person crosses 180 degree longitude from east to west?
- Q. Which circle is the 0 latitude?
- Q. What will happen if a ship or Aeroplane crosses the 180 degree meridian from west to east?
- Q. What will happen if a ship or an Aeroplane crosses the 180 degree meridian from north to south?
- Q. Which day will be substituted by a plane or a ship if the 180 longitude crosses from east to west on Sunday?
- Q. Which crossing the IDL a person will have to add one day when Travelling from?
- Q. When you cross the meridian some precautions need to be taken?
- Q. Why is the ideal not a straight line like the 180 degree meridian?
Q. When a ship crosses the international date line from west to east answer?
When a ship crosses the International Date Line from west to east, it adds a day, and if it crosses the line from east to west, it subtracts a day.
Q. What is the effect of international date line on crossing the line?
Answer: The International Date Line runs down the middle of the Pacific Ocean. If you cross the date line moving east, you subtract a day, whereas if you are moving west you add a day. For example, if today is Friday and we crossed the International Date line from west to east then it would be Thursday.
Q. Why doesn’t the international date line follow the 180 Meridian exactly?
Answer: The Earth takes 24 hours to rotate through 360 degree (longitude). Hence, two places that are 15 degree of longitude apart have a difference of one hour. This adds up to a difference of 24 hours or one day between east and west of 180 degree line of longitude.
Q. What happens when a person crosses 180 degree longitude from east to west?
Notes: One loses a day when he/she crosses 180 degrees longitude from east to west and gains a day when crosses 180 degrees from west to east. Depending on which time zone the country follows, the time difference on either side of the line is not always 24 hours.
Q. Which circle is the 0 latitude?
The Equator
Q. What will happen if a ship or Aeroplane crosses the 180 degree meridian from west to east?
If a ship or an aeroplane crosses the 180 degree meridian from from west to east, it will gain a day. For example, if the time in the ship is 12 noon on December 31 on the west of the 180 degree meridian, then the time will be 12 noon on January 1 as soon as the ship reaches east of that meridian.
Q. What will happen if a ship or an Aeroplane crosses the 180 degree meridian from north to south?
If ship or an aeroplane are travelling from north to south they will cross the latitudes not meridian(longitude) for crossing the meridian, ship or an aeroplane has to move from east to west or west to east, and if the ship or plane crosses the 180 degree meridian which is also known as international date line from …
Q. Which day will be substituted by a plane or a ship if the 180 longitude crosses from east to west on Sunday?
Explanation: If a ship is going from India or any other country in the west at 12 noon on December 31 of the 180 degree.
Q. Which crossing the IDL a person will have to add one day when Travelling from?
The International Date Line is at 180°, the movement from IDL to East the time will be ahead. That is any movement from 0° to 180° Eastward the date and time will be ahead. Therefore according to the International Date Line, any person travelling from East to West, he should add one day while travelling.
Q. When you cross the meridian some precautions need to be taken?
Answer: The crossing of the 180 ̊ prime meridians can result in the change of time zone. Thus some precautions have to be taken to avoid the confusions in the time zones. Thus the date and time may have to be changed to incorporate this.
Q. Why is the ideal not a straight line like the 180 degree meridian?
The international date is not a straight line but a zigzag line as it enables to avoid crossing any land mass. Passing through a land mass would mean that the land mass would have two dates at the same time, which would be very inconvenient. tHIS is why idl is not a straight line like the 180 meridian.
