Time


 * >About how long ago did the big bang take place? **


 * The big bang theory took place around 13.7 billion years ago. **


 * >What is a black hole? **


 * Black holes are the areas of intense gravitational pressure. **


 * >Does the universe continue to expand? **


 * Yes, it still continues to expand and cool up to this day. **


 * >Was there really a big bang? **
 * Yes, and there are scientific evidence that will support that theory (big bang) **


 * >What light elements seem to support the Big Bang Theory? **


 * Hydrogen and Helium found in the observable universe are thought to support the Big Bang model of origins. **


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 * Time Keeps On Slippin **


 * >What is the current calendar most of the world uses / accepts? Explain who made it and why this is accepted. **


 * The Gregorian calendar, also known as the Western calendar, or Christian calendar, is the internationally accepted [|civil calendar] . **
 * It was introduced by [|Pope Gregory XIII] . The reformed calendar was adopted later that year by a handful of countries, with other countries adopting it over the following centuries. **


 * >What is a leap year? **
 * A leap year is when a year adds one extra day (or, in the case of [|lunisolar calendars], a month) in order to keep the [|calendar year] synchronized with the [|astronomical] or [|seasonal year] . **


 * >List three other types of calendars used and how they set up their calendar. **


 * Ethopian calendar, Julian Calendar, and of course Lunar Calendar **


 * >What is BC? **
 * The acronym BC means: Before Christ. **


 * >What is BCE? **
 * The acronym BCEmeans: Before Common Era. **


 * >What is AD? **


 * The acronym AD means: Anno Domini or Year of our Lord referring to the year of Christ’s birth. **


 * >What is CE? **


 * The acronym CE means: Common Era **


 * What is MYA? **


 * It just simple means Million Years Ago **


 * According to the timeline site how many periods of when are there and list time. **
 * - 22 **
 * 14000 MYA - Big Bang: Formation of the Universe **
 * 4600 MYA - Formation Earth **
 * 543 MYA - 490 MYA - Cambrian: Explosion of Life on Earth **
 * 290 MYA - 248 MYA - Permian: Largest Mass Extinction **
 * 245 MYA - 65 MYA - Mesozoic: Age of Dinosaurs **
 * 65 MYA - Cenozoic: Age of Mammals **
 * 5 MYA - 2500 BC - Stone age: The Human Era **
 * 70000 BC - 8000 BC - Ice age: Extintion of Large Mammals **
 * 9000 BC - 4500 BC - Neolithic: First Permanent Settlements **
 * 3200 BC - 1200 BC - Bronze age: First Pharaos **
 * 1200 BC - 332 BC - Iron age: Start of the Trojan War **
 * 332 BC - 63 BC - Hellenistic period **
 * 63 BC - 476 - Roman period **
 * 330 - 1453 - Byzantine period **
 * 476 - 1350 - Middle Ages **
 * 1350 - 1600 - Renaissance **
 * 1500 - 1600 - Reformation **
 * 1600 - 1800 - Enlightenment **
 * 1750 - 1900 - Industrial Revolution **
 * 1900 - 2000 - 20th Century **
 * 2000 - 2099 - 21st Century **
 * 2012 - Future **


 * >What is an eon, epoch, era, and age? **
 * Eon- the longest division of geological time. Epoch- a particular period of history. Era- time period in history. Age- period of animate existence **


 * >List three ancient calendars **
 * Egyptian Calendar, Aztec calendar stone and Stonehenge **


 * >List two ancient clocks and how they worked. **


 * Sun Clocks- Their moving shadows formed a kind of sundial, enabling people to partition the day into morning and afternoon. **


 * Water Clocks- Markings on the inside surfaces measured the passage of "hours" as the water level reached them. **


 * >What was a revolution of timekeeping? **
 * Accurate Mechanical Clocks to Quartz clocks **


 * >What allows for standard more accurate clocks? **
 * No gears or escapements to disturb their regular frequency. **


 * What are time zones? **
 * a time zone is a region on Earth that has a uniform [|standard time] for legal, commercial, and social purposes. **


 * >What is the prime meridian? **


 * The prime meridian is the vertical line that marks the zero degree longitude measurement on the globe of Earth. The line intersects the latitude lines that are horizontal. Not every globe has the same prime meridian measurement, but most measure the earth’s prime meridian as a line that passes through England, France, Spain, Togo, and down to Antarctica. **


 * If it’s 10:00 AM in Regina, what time is it in Toronto? London? Moscow? Tokyo? Hawaii? **
 * Toronto- 11:00 AM **
 * London- 4:00 AM **
 * Moscow- 8:00 PM **
 * Tokyo- 1:00 AM **
 * Hawaii- 6:00 AM **


 * >What is Daylight Saving Time? Do we use this in Saskatchewan? **


 * During late [|Winter] we move our clocks one hour ahead and "lose" an hour during the night and each [|Fall] we move our clocks back one hour and "gain" an extra hour. We don't use it here in Saskatchewan **


 * >Is there a year zero? **


 * No. But there’s 1 **


 * >Are we starting a new decade in 2010 or 2011? **


 * 2011, because we started at year 1 **


 * >What is linear time? **


 * It is a major feature of our Western cultural world-view, apparently initiated by Newton some 300 years ago. It portrays time as an absolute physical reality, and says that the passage of time is independent of consciousness. So it doesn't matter what you think, feel, or do, or how you look at time, time doesn't change as a result. **


 * >What is cyclical time? **


 * The time interval between successive appearances of any information that is transmitted periodically. **


 * Bonus Question **
 * >In What Steve Miller song does time ‘keep slippin’ into the future’? **
 * Fly Like An Eagle **
 * 22/22 **