The part of the earth facing the sun has what?

Answer 1

All the Sun's planets rotate on their axes and none are tidally locked, so there is no one side of any planet that always faces the sun (like the Moon does the Earth). Or, if this is a 'trick question' (of concept) - The Daytime side.

Answer 2

This is called a "tidal lock." This is the situation on the moon, where the dark side is constantly facing away from us.

First, one side of the Earth would become very, very warm. The other would become very, very cold. There would be a very disturbed zone around the dividing line where cold and warm air would meet, and possibly standing storms at these points.

Second, most of the life in these regions would die off. At least, most of the life on the surface. Some of the underwater life might survive. Eventually, new forms of life that are capable of taking 24 hr sun and heat would arise, and populate the sunny side. Very different forms of life might populate the night side.

Seasons would be altered. So would the day/night cycle. Most plants and animals on Earth are adapted to the day/night rhythm, and changing temperatures, and would either die quickly, or become dependent on massive amounts of heat and light available 24/7.

Humans might survive, but they would have to do so in habitats for the first few years, at a minimum. Remember, the weather is going to be thrown in to chaos for decades, and then settle down to a totally different pattern. Growing any food will be tough, even indoors. Raising animals will be difficult indoors. Humans will become a very small, very inbred population for the next few tens of thousands of years.

There would probably be a very serious impact on the planet's magnetic field, but I cannot be certain of the exact nature.

Answer 3

You would see the exact opposite from the moon. If the moon is a quarter moon, the earth would look 3/4 in sunlight and 1/4 in darkness.

Another interesting fact is that the earth never moves in the lunar sky. It stays in the same point in the sky forever. The only thing that changes are the amount of sunlight striking the earth.

Answer 4

The part of the Earth facing the Sun is in daylight. The side facing away from the Sun is in darkness.

Answer 5

The Earth rotates on its axis so every part of the Earth sees the sun for part of the day.

Answer 6

Daytime.

Answer 7

morning