cate science brain pop leap year
which of the following years was a leap year?
1984
which of the following years was a leap year?
2000
If you were born on a leap year, 1980, how many birthdays would you have celebrated by 2010 {assuming that you only celebrate on leap days}
7
Leap day is a quadrennial occurrence, what does quadrennial mean?
Occurring exactly every four years.
One solar year lasts ____________ 365 days.
approximatly
Today the winter solstice occurs on dec. 21 when did it fall in the years immediately before the gregorian calendar was adopted?
in late november
why did 1752 only have 354 days in the us and britian?
it marked the switch from the julian to the gregorian calandar
What can you infer about the roman calendar before julius caesar reformed it?
it was extremely flawed
what is a solar year?
the time it takes the earth to make one revolution around the sun.
how did the traditional chinese and hebrew calendars differ from the gregorian calendar?
their months are based on the cycles of the moon
