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Grade 12th passMechanics

The earth day and night occurs due to
a) revolution of earth around its own axis.
b) revolution of sun
c) revolution of earth around sin
d) rotation of earth
Please explain

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7 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer7 Years ago
Dear student,

For time scale as short as 24 hours, the revolution of earth around the sun is very small. So the sun can be assumed to be at same position from earth, but due to revolution of earth around its own axis, once a point on surface of earth will face the sun(daytime) and due to the rotation, after around 12 hours, it would be at the exact opposite side(nightime).

Hope it helps.