Question

In the given figure, out of the positions A, B, C and D. Which position will indicate the position of the sun? Draw the sun at the appropriate position.

Answer 1

Hint:We know that earth rotates and revolves around the sun and the moon rotates around the earth. The sun has its own light but the moon doesn’t have its own light. It absorbs the light from the sun during the day and it reflects back all the light during the night.Using the above information, we will answer the above question.

Complete answer:
The earth gets all the light and heat from the sun. The part of the earth that is facing the sun will have day and the part of the sun that is not facing the sun will have night. The moon does not have any light on its own. It absorbs the light from the sun and emits it during the night.

Let us draw the figure given in the question.

Based on the above information, we know that (A) is ruled out. Since the part of the earth facing the sun will have a day.
In the options (B) and (D), the part that is facing the sun does not have a day.
The option (C) is right. The part that is facing the sun has day and the part not facing the sun has night. Hence, the perfect position for sun would be (C).
After placing the sun in the correct position, the diagram becomes:

Hence, the right option would be C.

Note:This question becomes very simple if we know the way earth rotates around the sun and the way the moon rotates around the earth. The above question is based on a simple fact that the part of the earth facing the sun will be having a day. We should carefully place the sun in all the four options and check whether it is the right position or not.