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What is the difference between day and night? How is this governed by the Earth's movement?Key facts
- The Sun generates light.
- The Earth spins on its axis.
- A full rotation of Earth takes 24 hours.
- The Earth's rotation is what makes night and day.
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The sunrise heralds the dawn of a new day.
As the Earth spins, one side of the planet now faces the Sun, and the activity of a new day begins.
Spinning on its axis, the Earth completes a full rotation every 24 hours.
While we cannot feel it, this means the equator …
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