The sun's apparent motion across the sky from East to West daily is due to the
A) rotation of the sun.
B) rotation of the earth.
C) orbit of the earth around the sun.
D) orbit of the sun around the earth.
I think the answer would be c.
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the orbit around the sun takes a long time. The sun's rise-fall happens every day.
So it is D?
NO - Try B
The earth spins around completely every day, making the sun (in the sky) appear to go around from east to west! Geez.
The earth spins around completely every day, making the sun (in the sky) appear to go around from east to west! Geez.
Sorry! Gosh you don't have to be that mean.
Sorry. I just get annoyed when I see someone just guessing, with no apparent thought involved. Of all the possible answers, D is the most absurd, since the sun does not orbit the earth.
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