Question

• Can you explain why half of the
Earth is not visible in this
photograph?​

Answer 1

Answer:

The earth rotates about an imaginary axis such that only one half of the earth faces the sun at any given time. This is the reason why we have day-night periodicity. Thus the brighter side is facing the sun and the other side faces away from the sun.

Answer 2

★ Answer:- ★

Carry out the following experiment to know that why earth here is showing here an Hemisphere:-

Materials Required:-

• Plastic Ball (Earth)
• Torch (Light source - Sun)
• Dark room (Universe)

Procedure:-

• In a dark room, place the ball on the ground of the room. (You can also attach a thread to the ball through adhesive gum/Fevicol.)
• Throw light on the ball and see what happens.

Observation:-

We can see that, after throwing light on the ball, half of the ball become invisible and another half become visible. Similar is happened with Earth!

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Required Answer:-

Earth is a heavenly object having a geoid shape. Since Earth revolves around the Sun, half of the part of Earth becomes invisible. Thus, the picture has shown like this. Same thing also happens with moon periodically.

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