[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"detail-sidebar-cat-0-en-105":3,"doc-seo-442247-105":59,"doc-detail-442247-en":130},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"success",[7,13,18,23,28,33,38,43,48,51,55],{"id":8,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":10,"show_sort_weight":11,"slug":12},1,"Document","Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":14,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":15,"show_sort_weight":16,"slug":17},2,"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":19,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":20,"show_sort_weight":21,"slug":22},4,"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":24,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":25,"show_sort_weight":26,"slug":27},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":29,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":30,"show_sort_weight":31,"slug":32},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":34,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":35,"show_sort_weight":36,"slug":37},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":39,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":40,"show_sort_weight":41,"slug":42},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":44,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":45,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":47},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":46,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":49,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":50},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":52,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":53,"show_sort_weight":52,"slug":54},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":56,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":57,"show_sort_weight":24,"slug":58},19,"General","general",{"code":4,"msg":60,"data":61},"ok",{"site_id":62,"language":63,"slug":64,"title":65,"keywords":66,"description":67,"schema_data":68,"social_meta":123,"head_meta":125,"extra_data":127,"updated_unix":129},105,"en","time-measure-it","Time - Measure it!","","Time defines and quantifies the interval between events, explaining how the length of time can be described using units such as hours, minutes, and seconds. The material also covers why time measurement matters, what different people would do without clocks, and how days are divided into 24 hours. It introduces time zones and shows how local time differs between places such as London and New York City, while connecting the system to Earth’s rotation and the sun’s apparent movement.",{"@graph":69,"@context":122},[70,84,105],{"@type":71,"itemListElement":72},"BreadcrumbList",[73,77,79,82],{"item":74,"name":75,"@type":76,"position":8},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":78,"name":9,"@type":76,"position":14},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/",{"item":80,"name":20,"@type":76,"position":81},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/exam/",3,{"item":83,"name":65,"@type":76,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/time-measure-it/442247/",{"url":83,"name":65,"@type":85,"image":86,"author":91,"headline":65,"publisher":94,"fileFormat":97,"inLanguage":63,"description":67,"dateModified":98,"datePublished":99,"encodingFormat":97,"isAccessibleForFree":100,"interactionStatistic":101},"DigitalDocument",{"url":87,"@type":88,"width":89,"height":90},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/time-measure-it/442247.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":92,"@type":93},"Alex Sinclair","Person",{"url":74,"name":95,"@type":96},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-09-30","2026-09-29",true,{"@type":102,"interactionType":103,"userInteractionCount":8},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":104},"ViewAction",{"@type":106,"mainEntity":107},"FAQPage",[108,114,118],{"name":109,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":111},"What does “time” mean in this book?","Question",{"text":112,"@type":113},"Time is described as a measure of the interval between two events, helping people explain how long something lasts or the length between moments.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"Why do we measure time even if we don’t have a clock?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"Without clocks, people would struggle to arrive at the right time consistently, which would make daily schedules less predictable.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"How is time divided and why do time zones exist?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"A day is divided into hours, minutes, and seconds, and the world uses 24 time zones so a consistent measuring system can work everywhere; local times differ across places.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},442247,1790767514,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":19,"category_name":20,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":8,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":36,"language":139,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":140,"faqs":141,"seo_title":142,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":143,"read_time":144},1099523882182,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_6f874abed73319feea01a86fa6f0fab8","MEASUREIT!IneoSeavch  \nME27255654235221501948  \n17  \n4644  \n15  \n13  \nPROPERTY OF PORTLETHEN ACADEMYMUST BE RETURNED TO HOME SITE  \n# ABERDEENSHIRELIBRARIESWITHDRAWNFROM LIBRARY\n\nPORTLETHEN ACADEMYLIBRARY RESOURCE CENTRE  \nAL  S  \n1746157  \nMEASURE IT!  \nTIME  \nCasey Rand  \n许   情       \nwww.raintreepublishers.co.uk To order:  \nVisit our website to find outmore information aboutRaintree books.  \nm Phone 08456044371Fax+44(0)1865312263Email myorders@raintreepublishers.co.uk  \nCustomers from outside the UK please telephone +441865312262  \nRaintree is an imprint of Capstone Global Library Limited,a company incorporated in England and Wales having itsregistered office at 7 Pilgrim Street,London,EC4V6LB-Registered company number:6695582  \nText ◎ Capstone Global Library LimitedFirst published in hardback in 2010The moral rights of the proprietor have been asserted.  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this publication may bereproduced in any form or by any means(includingphotocopying or storing it in any medium by electronic meansand whether or not transiently or incidentally to some otheruse of this publication)without the written permission of thecopyright owner,except in accordance with the provisionsof the Copyright,Designs and Patents Act 1988 or under theterms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency,Saffron House,6-10 Kirby Street,London EC1N 8TS(wwwcla.co.uk).Applications for the copyright owner's writtenpermission should be addressed to the publisher.  \nEdited by Megan Cotugno,Louise Galpine,and Abby ColichDesigned by Richard Parker  \nOriginalillustrations Capstone Global Library Ltd(2010)Illustrated by Darren LingardPicture research by Mica BrancicOriginated by Capstone Global Library LtdPrinted in China by CTPS  \nISBN 9780431085210(hardback)141312111010987654321  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication DataRand,CaseyTime.-(Measure it!)  \nA full catalogue record for this book is available from theBritish Library.  \n# Acknowledgements\n\nWe would like to thank the following for permission toreproduce photographs:Alamy p.14(CArtostock.com);Corbis pp.12(OMartyn Goddard),23(Loop Images/LOOP IMAGES/O Neil Tingle),25(Science Faction/◎Scott Andrews),26(CLouie Psihoyos);Getty Images pp.4(Stockbyte),21(Jeff Gross),27(Visuals Unlimited/Jeff Daly);iStockphoto pp.7(ORobert Simon),8(NASA);Rex Featuresp.16(Alisdair Macdonald);Shutterstock p.5(CHenry Tsui),9(OMartine Oger).  \nCover photo of stopwatch against cog and gear willsreproduced with permission from Photolibrary(David Muri).  \nWe would like to thank John Pucek for his invaluable help inthe preparation of this book.  \nEvery effort has been made to contact copyright holders ofmaterial reproduced in this book.Any omissions will berectified in subsequent printings if notice is given to thepublishers.  \n# Disclaimer\n\nAll the Internet addresses(URLs)given in this book were validat the time of going to press.However,due to the dynamicnature of the Internet,some addresses may have changed,orsites may have changed or ceased to exist since publication.While the author and publisher regret any inconvenience thismay cause readers,no responsibility for any such changes canbe accepted by either the author or the publisher.  \nRand,CaseyTime /CaseyRand  \nJ529.71746157  \nContents  \nWhat is time?…………………………  \n…………………………4  \nHow is time divided?………………  \n……………………6  \nWhy does a week have seven days?  \n…………………10  \nWhat do we use to measure time?………  \n………………………12  \nHow much time has passed?…………  \n…………………………18  \n●●●●●  \nHow do you master time?………………  \n………………………20  \nIs time travel possible?……………………  \n…………………………………24  \nHow do scientists measure when dinosaurs lived?..26  \nA timeline of time……………  \n………………………28  \nAnswers to“Work it out”  \n………………………29  \nGlossary…………………………  \n……………………30  \nFind out more…………………  \n………………………31  \nIndex………………………  \n……32  \nSome words are printed in bold, like this. You can find out what they mean  \nby looking in the glossary on page 30.  \n# What is time?\n\n   \n江?计   \nThe day is ","cbCaihRAZW3KP41o","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihRAZW3KP41o","pdf",2858456,"English","# What is time?\n## Why do we measure time?\n# How is time divided?\n## 24 hours in a day\n## (Missing sections in provided text)","[{\"question\":\"What does “time” mean in this book?\",\"answer\":\"Time is described as a measure of the interval between two events, helping people explain how long something lasts or the length between moments.\"},{\"question\":\"Why do we measure time even if we don’t have a clock?\",\"answer\":\"Without clocks, people would struggle to arrive at the right time consistently, which would make daily schedules less predictable.\"},{\"question\":\"How is time divided and why do time zones exist?\",\"answer\":\"A day is divided into hours, minutes, and seconds, and the world uses 24 time zones so a consistent measuring system can work everywhere; local times differ across places.\"}]","Time - Measure it! | PDF",1790699574,101]