What causes day and night?

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Earth rotates

1 time in 24 hours

Earths rotation

Causes shadows to chanhe size and shape

The sizes and shapea of shadows

Change during the day

When it is daytime here, china has nighttime because -

China is on the ither side of the world

Shadow

Forms when an objects blocks the sun's light

Shadows are longest

In morning and afternoon

When are shadows short because the sun in directly above it

Noon

Nighttime

Part of the earth facing away from the sun

Daytime

Part of the earth that is facing the sun

Earth

Rotates on its axis

Rotate

To spin around like a top


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