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Earth ....................... on its axis every 24 hours.
rotates
The surface of the earth that faces the sun has ........................
daytime
The surface of the earth that faces away from the sun has .........................
night time
The orbiting of the earth around the sun is called ......................
revolution.
What causes Day and Night?
The rotation of Earth around its axis (itself).
It is an imaginary line passing through the North pole and South pole of Earth.
Earth’s axis
Earth takes ............................. to make one complete turn on its axis.
a whole day (24 hours)
The sun appears in the ....................... during the early morning.
east
In the middle of the day (at noon) we can see the sun ..................... of the sky.
above in the center
The phenomenon that occurs due to the rotation of earth on its axis.
Day and night.
The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. (True/False)
True
Earth rotates clockwise on its vertical axis that passes through the two poles of Earth causing the cycle of day and night. (True/ False)
False (counterclockwise)
