Spherical shape of the earth causes some part of earth gets the sunlight.

Part of earth facing the sun, receives sunlight, experiences day, gradually experiencing night
4

Takes 24 hours in the east for 1 complete 1 Setting of sun rotation Rotates from 2 in the west west to east Causes
b c
3

Rising of sun

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Orbit take Revolves shape of around the sun eliptical path in own orbit
a b c d

Revoles round the sun from west to east Takes 365 days or 1 year for 1 complete orbit

Rotation at axis, from west to east, 2 causes rising and setting of sun

Day and night occurence Changing lengths and positions of shadow

WEST

Rotation
a EAST

1 2

Moves around the sun

Rotates on its axis

ROTATION AND MOVEMENT OF EARTH

Eliptical path

DAY AND NIGHT OCCURANCE

Axis : imaginary line from North Pole to South Pole

Rotates from west to east in own axis

a b

Part of earth facing away from the sun does not receives sunlight, experiences night, gradually experiencing day Pointer cast shadow to numbered scale of hours
a

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VOLUME 2

Rotation 1

Takes 28 days for 1 complete rotation Revolves around the earth in own orbit in an eliptical path Takes 28 days for 1 complete orbit
Moon

Numbered scale of hours

b

SUNDIAL
2 1 Ancient people used sundial to tell the time

THE EARTH, THE MOON, AND THE SUN (1 - 2)

C D

ROTATION AND MOVEMENT OF MOON

2 Moves around earth

MOVEMENT OF EARTH AND MOON AROUND SUN

3 1 2 As the moon is rotating, it moves round the earth
Earth
Morning

Earth

2 The length becomes shorter approaching noon, lengthens in afternoon

Evening Afternoon

SHADOW LENGTHS AND POSITIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAY

1 The shadow moves from west to east throughout the day

The moon also moves round the sun

As the earth is rotating, it moves round the sun

Sun : directly on top Noon

Late Morning

Sun : west

Sun : east

Sun Sun : east Moon Moon's path

Sun : west

Shadow : east
long shadow

Shadow : east
shadow lengthens

Shadow : directly below object

shortest shadow

Shadow : west
shorter shadow

Shadow : west
long shadow

Earth's path

Eliptical path