Lesson 9 of 19
Why the Sun seems to move
Show on a big screenYou watch the Sun rise in the east. Does the Sun really travel across the sky?
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The idea
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- You sit in a train that moves to the right.
- The trees outside seem to go to the left.
- Earth turns, once in about 24 hours. It turns west to east.
- So the Sun seems to go from east to west.
No. Earth turns, so the Sun only seems to move.
Earth turns from west to east. The Sun seems to rise in the east. It seems to set in the west.
The Moon and stars also seem to rise in the east. They seem to set in the west.
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