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  TH E SO L A R S YS T E M
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  Let's talk aboutplanet EARTH! You may not realize it, but the Earth is always changing.
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  WHAT CAUSES NIGHT & DAY ? You may ask yourself, how can it be day time where you live and night time in another part if the earth like Asia for example?
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  Well you see,this is because you and Asia are on opposite sides of the earth. When your side of the Earth faces the Sun, Asia is facing away from the Sun. N I G H T DA Y
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  Earth's Rotation The earth rotates around the sun The moon moves, or orbits, around the earth. the earth's rotation around the sun produces day and night The amount of light and warmth a planet receives depends on how far it is from the sun.
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  Shadow s Have you ever made a shadow puppet? oA Shadow forms when light is blocked. oThe light strikes an object but cannot pass through.
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  You cast ashadow when your body blocks the sunlight. Your shadow always points away from the sun. As the position of the sun changes, your shadow changes too! Early in the morning, your shadow is long. It shrinks until midday. Then it grows
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  What Causes oThe earthrotates around its axis. Seasons? oIt also revolves around the sun. oRevolution is when one object travels around another. oThe path a revolving objects takes is its orbit. oEarth's orbit i shaped like an ellipse, or flattened circle. oEarth's orbit around the sun takes 365 1 days, or one year.