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 About how long ago did the big bang take place?  - Big Bang Theory takes place around 13.7 billion years ago.

 What is a black hole?  - Black holes are areas of intense gravitational pressure.

 Does the universe continue to expand?  - Yes,  it continues to expand and cool to this day.

 Was there really a big bang?  - Yes, and there are evidence that will support that theory.

 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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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Time Keeps On Slippin**

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;"> What is the current calendar most of the world uses / accepts? Explain who made it and why this is accepted.

<span style="color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> - The **Gregorian calendar**, also known as the **Western calendar**, or **Christian calendar**, is the internationally accepted <span style="background-color: initial; color: #0645ad; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> [|civil calendar] <span style="color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> . It was introduced by  <span style="background-color: initial; color: #0645ad; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> [|Pope Gregory XIII] <span style="color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> . The reformed calendar was adopted later that year by a handful of countries, with other countries adopting it over the following centuries.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;"> What is a leap year?

<span style="color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> - A **leap year** (or **intercalary** or **bissextile year**) is a year containing one extra day (or, in the case of <span style="background-color: initial; color: #0645ad; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">  [|lunisolar calendars]   <span style="color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">, a month) in order to keep the <span style="background-color: initial; color: #0645ad; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> [|calendar year] <span style="color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> synchronized with the <span style="background-color: initial; color: #0645ad; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> [|astronomical] <span style="color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> or <span style="background-color: initial; color: #0645ad; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> [|seasonal year] <span style="color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> .

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;"> List three other types of calendars used and how they set up their calendar (ex. Lunar).

<span style="color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> - <span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> Lunar calendar, Julian Calendar, and Ethiopian Calendar <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;"> What is BC?

<span style="color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> - The meaning of **BC** is Before Christ.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;"> What is BCE?

<span style="color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> - <span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> **BCE** means Before Common Era. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;"> What is AD?

<span style="color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> - The meaning of **AD** is Anno Domini or Year of our Lord referring to the year of Christ’s birth.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;"> What is CE?

<span style="color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> - <span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> **CE** is a recent term. It refers to Common Era. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;"> What is MYA?

<span style="color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> - <span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> Million Years Ago <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;"> According to the timeline site how many periods of when are there and list time.

<span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;"> - 22

<span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> 14000 MYA - Big Bang: Formation of the Universe

<span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> 4600 MYA - Formation Earth

<span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> 543 MYA - 490 MYA - Cambrian: Explosion of Life on Earth

<span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> 290 MYA - 248 MYA - Permian: Largest Mass Extinction

<span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> 245 MYA - 65 MYA - Mesozoic: Age of Dinosaurs

<span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> 65 MYA - Cenozoic: Age of Mammals

<span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> 5 MYA - 2500 BC - Stone age: The Human Era

<span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> 70000 BC - 8000 BC - Ice age: Extintion of Large Mammals

<span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> 9000 BC - 4500 BC - Neolithic: First Permanent Settlements

<span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> 3200 BC - 1200 BC - Bronze age: First Pharaos

<span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> 1200 BC - 332 BC - Iron age: Start of the Trojan War

<span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> 332 BC - 63 BC - Hellenistic period

<span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> 63 BC - 476 - Roman period

<span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> 330 - 1453 - Byzantine period

<span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> 476 - 1350 - Middle Ages

<span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> 1350 - 1600 - Renaissance

<span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> 1500 - 1600 - Reformation

<span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> 1600 - 1800 - Enlightenment

<span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> 1750 - 1900 - Industrial Revolution

<span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> 1900 - 2000 - 20th Century

<span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> 2000 - 2099 - 21st Century

<span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> 2012 - Future <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;"> What is an eon, epoch, era, and age?

<span style="color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> **Eon**- <span style="color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> the longest division of geological time <span style="color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> **Epoch**- a <span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> particular period of history <span style="color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> **Era**- time period in history <span style="color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> **Age**- period of animate existence

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;"> List three ancient calendars

<span style="color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> - <span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> Egyptian Calendar, Aztec calendar stone and Stonehenge <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;"> List two ancient clocks and how they worked.

<span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> **Sun Clocks**- Their moving shadows formed a kind of sundial, enabling people to partition the day into morning and afternoon.

<span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> **Water Clocks**- Markings on the inside surfaces measured the passage of "hours" as the water level reached them. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;"> What was a revolution of timekeeping?

<span style="color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> - <span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> Accurate Mechanical Clocks to Quartz clocks <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;"> What allows for standard more accurate clocks?

<span style="color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> - no gears or escapements to disturb their regular frequency. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;"> What are time zones?

<span style="color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> - a **time zone** is a region on Earth that has a uniform <span style="background-color: initial; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> [|standard time] <span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> for legal, commercial, and social purposes. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;"> What is the prime meridian?

<span style="color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> - <span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> 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. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;"> If it’s 10:00 AM in Regina, what time is it in Toronto? London? Moscow? Tokyo? Hawaii?

<span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> **Toronto**- 11:00 AM

<span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> **London**- 4:00 AM

<span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> **Moscow**- 8:00 PM

<span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> **Tokyo**- 1:00 AM

<span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> **Hawaii-** 6:00 AM <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;"> What is Daylight Saving Time? Do we use this in Saskatchewan?

<span style="color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> - <span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: inherit;"> 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 <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;"> Is there a year zero?

<span style="color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> - **No** !!

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;"> Are we starting a new decade in 2010 or 2011?

<span style="color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> - **2011** !!

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;"> What is linear time?

<span style="color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> - <span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> **Linear time** 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. <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;"> What is cyclical time?

<span style="color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> - <span style="background-color: white; color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> The time interval between successive appearances of any information that is transmitted periodically.

<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"> ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bonus Question ** <span style="background-color: white; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;"> In What Steve Miller song does time ‘keep slippin’ into the future’?

<span style="color: #ff008a; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> - **Fly Like An Eagle**