EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Another pattern caused by the Earth’s rotation is the length of our shadows. Shadows are longer in the afternoon than at noon. If you study shadows and their appearance throughout the day, you can use this information to help estimate the time.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rotation causes the day-night cycle which also creates a corresponding cycle of temperature and humidity creates a corresponding cycle of temperature and humidity. Sea level rises and falls twice a day as the earth rotates. The tidal range is determined by the combined gravitational pull of the sun and moon.

Detailed explanation-3: -As Earth rotates, the Sun’s appears higher in the sky, and the shadows get shorter. At noon, with the Sun overhead, objects cast short shadows or no shadow at all. As Earth continues to rotate and the Sun appears lower in the sky toward evening, the shadows get longer again.

Detailed explanation-4: -As Earth rotates in and out of daylight, an object’s shadow changes in length and direction over the course of a day. From Earth’s surface, the Sun appears to move across the sky from east to west.

Detailed explanation-5: -Because the Earth rotates on its axis, circulating air is deflected toward the right in the Northern Hemisphere and toward the left in the Southern Hemisphere. This deflection is called the Coriolis effect.