Day and Night

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Extension:
Explain what happens when the moon moves between the Sun and the Earth. What do we call this?

Comments showing the concept of shadow being cast (darkness) on the face of the Earth. This is a solar eclipse.

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A GCSE science question investigating atmospheric carbon dioxide, photosynthesis and greenhouse gases.

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By the end of the lesson: All students will know that day and night are caused by the Earth’s rotation not by the sun

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