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Both, it varies everyday because the earth turns 24 hours a day. When the earth is facing the sun, it's daytime. When it's not facing the sun, it's night time.
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When your part of earth is facing away from the sun it is?
? what if if its facing away from the sun it would be night if that is what u asked
The half of the earth facing away from the sun is in?
Darkness. Night time
Why does earth day and night?
Because the earth rotates, when it is day in your part of the world the earth is facing the sun. When its night it faces away from the sun.
When the South Pole is tilted toward the Sun is it summer in both hemispheres?
No, that would be impossible, because the Earth is basically an orb -- round. When the South Pole is tilted toward the Sun, it's summer in the Southern Hemisphere -- and Winter in the Northern Hemisphere.
Seasons are caused by what?
Seasons are caused by the tilt of the Earth in relation to the plane of its orbit. As Earth revolves around the Sun, each pole is alternately leaning "toward" or "away from" the Sun. This axial tilt is about 23 degrees from the perpendicular. But any tilt at all would be sufficient to give the poles 6 months of day and 6 months of night.
Is the half of earth where its nighttime facing toward the sun or away?
Away
When it is summer are you facing away from the sun?
The Earth tilts toward the sun for spring and summer. So the earth is not facing away from the Sun. If we were not facing the sun, we'd be cold because it would be fall going into winter.
If it is nighttime at a certain place on earth is that place facing toward or away from the sun?
Away
How does Earth's movement make summer hot and winter cold?
When its "summer time " the earth is facing toward the sun , and when it is winter the earth is facing away from the sun .
How does the rotation of earth influence day and night?
As the earth spins one side is facing toward the sun and the other side is facing away from the sun which is night time
When its night time is the earth facing the sun or facing away from the sun?
It is night in the hemisphere facing away from the Sun.
When your part of earth is facing away from the sun it is?
? what if if its facing away from the sun it would be night if that is what u asked
How do you get days?
the earth revolves around the sun and when the sun is facing away from earth it is night and then when it is facing the sun it is day also
What is the effect of facing the earth toward the sun?
The effect of the Earth facing the sun is so that you can have daytime. Another effect is so that our planet can substain life.
If is nighttime at a certain place on earths is the that place facing toward or away from the sun?
Away
What part of earth tilts toward the sun?
The Earth tilts toward the sun at an angle of 23.44 degrees, because the Earth rotates, the entire Earth tilts toward the sun during summer and away from the sun during winter.
Why do you have fall winter spring and summer?
Because the earth spins and since our Earth is on a axis that is going diagonal when the northern hemisphere is faced towards the sun it it is summer and when its half faced toward the sun its spring, same goes for winter, when the northern hemisphere is facing away from the sun we have winter when it's facing half away from the sun we have fall.
