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Grade 5 Science · Problem type
Why we have day and night
Use this for “Why is it day on one side of Earth and night on the other?”
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Your town turns into the light.
The sun rises in the east.
Assumptions
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The sun lights one half of Earth at a time.
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Earth turns toward the east once a day, carrying your town into the light and out again.
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Tap a scene to turn Earth.
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Patterns of Earth and sky: shadows, day and night, stars
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