What Causes a ‘Day’ and How Is It Different from a ‘Year’?

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1. Imagine you're spinning around like a top, that’s how Earth moves for a day.
2. If your bedroom is facing the Sun, it's daytime; if it turns away, it's nighttime.
3. Going all the way around the Sun in one big loop takes about 365 days, that’s a year.

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See also

• Why Do We Have Different Seasons?
• What Causes the ‘Change of Seasons’ and How Does It Work?
• What Causes the ‘Change’ of Seasons?
• How Does the Earth's Rotation Affect Time Zones?
• What Causes the Seasons to Change?

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