The Earth spins.
Sun on us. It is day.
No sun? It is night.
The Sun is a star.
The Sun looks like it goes.
No! The Earth spins.
An owl is up at night.
We rest best at night.
Words to know
- spins: turns around
- star: a far sun
Facts
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Sources
- https://science.nasa.gov/earth/facts/
- https://archive.journeynorth.org/tm/mclass/SunriseSetAns.html
- https://science.nasa.gov/sun/facts/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day
- https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/sunset-over-western-south-america-50205/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocturnality
- https://www.nps.gov/articles/nocturnal_earthnight.htm
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunrise
- https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/days/en/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%27s_rotation
- https://science.nasa.gov/mars/facts/
- https://science.nasa.gov/jupiter/jupiter-facts/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter
- https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nightskies/natural.htm
- https://science.nasa.gov/venus/venus-facts/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus
- https://science.nasa.gov/mercury/facts/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(planet)
- https://science.nasa.gov/uranus/facts/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset
- https://science.nasa.gov/moon/facts/
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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axial_tilt
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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circadian_rhythm
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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solstice
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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_zone
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- https://science.nasa.gov/venus/facts/
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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_night
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidereal_time
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foucault_pendulum
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equation_of_time
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second
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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suprachiasmatic_nucleus
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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_locking
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernican_heliocentrism
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