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Title: What Causes Day and Night


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  • What Causes Day and Night?

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Axis
  • The Earth has an imaginary line running from its
    north and south pole called its axis.
  • The earth has a tilted axis.
  • If the axis were not tilted, we would have 12
    hours of day and 12 hours of night.

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Revolution
  • The movement of a planet in its orbit around the
    sun is called a revolution.
  • One year365 ¼

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Rotation
  • When the Earth spins on its axis it is called a
    rotation.
  • One day24 hours
  • The Earths rotation causes day and night.
  • The earth rotates from west to east. Therefore,
    the sun sets in the west and rises in the east.

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