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प्रश्न
What are the effects of rotation?
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उत्तर
(a) Rotation causes days and nights.
(b) All heavenly bodies like Sun, Moon, planets appear to move from East to West.
(c) Tides occur regularly twice a day.
(d) Winds and ocean currents change their directions.
(e) The four main directions (North, South, East, West) can be determined with the help of rotation.
(f) We get a measure of time. A day consists of 24 hours – one complete rotation.
(g) The different times of a day like sunrise, noon, sunset, midnight can be determined due to rotation.
संबंधित प्रश्न
State three effects of the rotation of the earth.
What do you mean by “rotation of earth”?
Give reasons for the following statement:
The Sun does not rise at the same time everywhere in the world.
Give reasons for the following statement:
We do not feel the great speeds of Earth’s rotation in day-to-day life.
Give reasons for the following:
Sun rises on the east.
What are the results of the difference in the Earth’s speed of rotation at various latitudes?
What is the period of rotation?
Use your brain power !
How many rotations does the earth complete during one revolution around the sun?
Use your brain power !
It is sunrise at Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh. Write the names of the following cities in the order in which the sun will rise there. Mumbai (Maharashtra), Kolkata (West Bengal), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Nagpur (Maharashtra).
What are the two parts of the earth made by the equator?
