Question bank: Daily Periods

Do you know that every day we wake up in the morning, spend the day playing and learning at school, and then night comes and it's time to sleep, right? But have you ever stopped to think about what causes the 'change' from day to night and from night to day to happen? This 'journey' that the Earth takes around itself, which is called the rotation movement, is what brings the Sun for us to see in the morning and the stars at night. Now, imagine that you are a scientist and someone who lives in a different place on Earth described how their day and night are. How would you use the Earth's rotation movement to explain why it is day there when it is night here, and vice versa?

Have you ever noticed that the day has a period when it is bright, called morning, then it becomes brighter and warmer, which is the afternoon, and later it starts to darken, reaching night? This happens because the Earth is always spinning, like a top, and this movement around itself is what makes us see the Sun in different places and have these moments in the day. How do you think the Earth moving, that is, its rotation movement, influences us to have morning, afternoon, and night? Write your answer explaining what happens when the Earth rotates.

Have you ever noticed that the day has the morning, followed by the afternoon, and then comes the night? Well, this happens because the Earth is always moving, spinning around itself like a dancing ballerina. This spinning movement of the Earth is called rotation. When the place where we are is facing the Sun, it is day, and when we are on the other side, where the Sun cannot illuminate us, it is night. Keeping that in mind, explain to us: Why do we have day and night on Earth? What is the name of the movement that the Earth makes to create day and night?

Have you ever noticed that the day has different parts, such as morning, afternoon, and night? This happens because the Earth is always spinning around itself, as if it were a big carousel in space. When the place where you are rotates away from the Sun, it is night, and when it rotates towards the Sun, it is day. Now, think about the path the Sun takes in the sky during the day. It rises from one side, crosses the sky, and sets on the other side. How does this movement of the Sun in the sky help us understand that the Earth is rotating? Explain what you understand about the Earth's rotation movement and how it causes day and night to happen.

Observing the sky on a starry night, we notice that the stars appear to rotate around a fixed point. However, we know that it is the Earth that is rotating, causing the phenomenon we call 'apparent motion of the stars'. This movement is the result of a specific type of Earth's motion. Considering what we have learned about the Earth's rotation movement, which of the options below best describes what happens during the daily period of light and darkness, and how this phenomenon is related to the succession of days and nights?