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Earth Turning in Lamplight
Age 8 · Astronomy
Earth spins on itself, so every place turns into the light and then into the dark. The Sun only looks like it moves across the sky.
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In the picture
- The bright lamp: the Sun, lighting one half of the globe
- The tilted rod: the axis the globe spins around
- A figure in low sunlight: a long shadow stretching far across the ground
- A figure in high sunlight: a short shadow, right beneath
Examples
- In the morning the Sun comes up on one side of the sky, and in the evening it goes down on the other.
- You play outside in daylight, and before bed the sky is black.
Key takeaways
- Earth spins all the way round once every day.
- The Sun seems to cross the sky from east to west, but it is Earth that turns.
Quiz: Earth Turning in Lamplight (Age 8)
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Why do day and night take turns?
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How long does Earth take to spin all the way round once?
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Why does the Sun look like it crosses the sky from east to west?
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