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The Earth is a sphere and it's just the half sphere facing the Sun that can get sunlight. So, half the Earth is always getting sunlight.

But it's not the same half all the time, because the Earth rotates.

Any particular place gets more hours of daylight in the summer than in the winter.

It averages out, over the full year, at 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of night every 24 hours.

So, it's any particular place on Earth that gets light for half the day, on average.

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Why do you change from day time to night time every 12 hours?

It is not like that. Earth revolves around the sun and Earth is sphere and when suns rays fall on earth the half earth gets light but half did not get it. Since Earth rotates about its own axis slowly the half sides gets alternately as 12hours and 24 hours as a day. In one day 12hours get half Earth light and next 12 half night that is no light


What happend to the other side of the moon in half moon day?

Nothing happens to the other side of the Moon in half moon days. The reason we do not see the whole Moon is because only half of it is reflecting the light from the Sun.


How can side of the earth dark and the other side be sunny?

The main thing to remember is that the Earth is a sphere. It's the same sort of shape as a basketball. The Earth blocks out the Sun so it can't light the side of Earth facing away from the Sun. A simple experiment: Take a ball and hold it to a light. The half of the ball facing the light will be lit up and the other side will be dark. Rotate the ball and different parts will now be light and dark. That's like what happens as the Earth rotates. That's why a place on Earth has day then night.


What planet in our solar system day is more than half as long as its year?

Venus is the planet in our solar system where a day is more than half as long as its year. A single rotation on its axis (a Venusian day) takes about 243 Earth days, while it takes only about 225 Earth days to complete one orbit around the Sun (a Venusian year). This means a day on Venus is longer than its year.


How can it be night time one place on Earth and day time in another place at the same time?

Because as the earth turns and the sun does not we get the light from the sun as we turn and face the sun, when we keep turning we also turn away fron the light of the sun and another part of the earth faces the light, that is why when it day here its night in India or the opposite side of the earth.

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Why earth has night and day?

Earth has day and nights because the sun can only shine on one part of the Earth at a time, resulting in one half of the Earth in darkness, and one half of the Earth with light. The days and nights last only 12 hours because the Earth rotates around the sun once every 24 hours. Half of the time, the sun will shine an a particular spot on the Earth, the other half of the time, the sun will not shine causing darkness.


Which half of the earth is the light side?

The half of the Earth facing the sun is considered the light side, while the half facing away is in darkness. This creates day and night as the Earth rotates on its axis.


Scientific Concept of day and night by animation?

You would need to show the Sun with light emitted from it. The light should fall on a spherical Earth and illuminate only the half nearer the Sun.


Why do you change from day time to night time every 12 hours?

It is not like that. Earth revolves around the sun and Earth is sphere and when suns rays fall on earth the half earth gets light but half did not get it. Since Earth rotates about its own axis slowly the half sides gets alternately as 12hours and 24 hours as a day. In one day 12hours get half Earth light and next 12 half night that is no light


Why earth is half overed with light and half in darkness everytme?

There's only one source of light that's strong enough and close enough to really light up the surface of the Earth and that's the Sun. And with only one light source, you can't have light on both sides of an object at the same time. When there's a full moon and clear skies, the moon will reflect light from the sun onto the otherwise dark side of the Earth, but that reflected light will be a lot weaker than the direct sunlight that the day side is getting.


How does night turns to day?

Simple, as the sun is in one direction, only half of the earth can see the sun but as the earth rotates on its axis, this half keeps moving and you get day and night


Why do you have a day and night?

Because the earth rotates (spins). Half the time you are facing the sun (light/day). The other half you are on the side away from the sun (dark/night).


Why do you a day and night?

Because the earth rotates (spins). Half the time you are facing the sun (light/day). The other half you are on the side away from the sun (dark/night).


Will your weed plant still bud with 11 and a half hours light and 12 hours dark?

Probably not. Because if your day is only 23.5 hours long you are not on planet earth!


What time of day is half the earth light and the other half shadow?

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What does the earth orbit to make one day?

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Why cant the whole part of earth experience day at the same time?

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