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Earth rotation: day, night, sunrise and sunset

  • Science
  • Class 5
  • 3D model
  • English · Hindi

Earth rotation: day, night, sunrise and sunset: a 3D model for Class 5 Science, covering Earth spins on its axis, an imaginary line through the North and South Poles, Earth turns west to east: anticlockwise when seen from above the North Pole, The half of Earth facing the Sun has day; the half facing away has night, Day and night happen because Earth turns, not because the Sun goes round Earth, A place has sunset when it turns onto the night half and sunrise when it turns back into sunlight.

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Also called

earth rotation · rotation of the earth · day and night · why day and night · sunrise and sunset · earth spinning · earth axis · din aur raat · दिन और रात · पृथ्वी का घूर्णन · solar day · 24 hours

Topics

  • Earth spins on its axis, an imaginary line through the North and South Poles
  • Earth turns west to east: anticlockwise when seen from above the North Pole
  • The half of Earth facing the Sun has day; the half facing away has night
  • Day and night happen because Earth turns, not because the Sun goes round Earth
  • A place has sunset when it turns onto the night half and sunrise when it turns back into sunlight
  • Because Earth turns west to east, the Sun appears to rise in the east and set in the west
  • One turn of Earth relative to the Sun (a solar day) takes about 24 hours
  • Places on opposite longitudes have opposite times: when one has day, the other has night

About this model

A GLB file of about 1447 KB, shown in Lably's 3D viewer and, on a phone, placed in your room with AR. Credit: Earth and Sun 3D models: NASA Visualization Technology Applications and Development (VTAD), science.nasa.gov, simplified textures. Axis, markers, horizon view, clock and animation made for Lably. No NASA endorsement is implied. | Earth and Sun models: NASA Images and Media Usage Guidelines (educational use with credit; no NASA endorsement implied). Everything else (axis, rings, markers, night shade, sunlight arrows, horizon view, clock, base) and all animation: original for Lably.

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