Occurrence of Day and Night

•The rotation of the earth on its axis causes the occurrence of day and night.

•Only part of the Earth surface will receive sunlight at one time.

•The period between day and night at the Equatorial region is about

12 hours.

•The part of the Earth that facing the sun will receive sunlight.

•It is daytime on this part.

sunlight

Earth

•The part of the Earth that is shielded will not receive sunlight.

•It is night-time on this part.

Earth

sunlight

• Facing – menghadap

• Daytime – waktu siang

• Night-time – waktu malam

• Shielded – terlindung

• Occurrence – kejadian

• Equatorial region – kawasan Khatulistiwa