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Place the ball (the earth) directly in the path of the

torch beam (sunlight), so that India is facing the sun.

Turn the ball around slowly. What do you see? When

India is facing the sun, the Americas are in darkness.

As India begins to turn away from the sun, Europe

and Africa come into the ‘sunlight’. Then, as the

‘earth’ continues to turn, the Americas come into

the light and India becomes dark.

Keep turning the ball till India faces the sun

again. This is what happens every time the earth

turns around on its axis. During each rotation, India

(and every other place on earth) has one day and

one night.

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