DAY AND NIGHT

What causes day and night?

• As the earth rotates, half of the earth faces the sun and because of
that it is daytime there. The other half does not face the sun and
because of that it is night time there. This causes day and night.
Sunrise and Sunset Times

Melbourne London
• Sunrise: 7:00 am • Sunrise: 5:52 am
• Sunset: 5:48 pm • Sunset: 8:17 pm
The Diagram

earth

sun

axis
Shadows
• When the sun is at its peak
(close to noon), the shadows are
small.
• When the sun is behind or in
front of you (during the morning
or the evening), your shadow is
long.