Question

The Earth revolves around the Sun in the third orbit from it for 365 days to completes one revolution. It also spins on its axis due to which we have days and nights on earth. In which direction does the earth rotate? Why places in the east are ahead of those in the west? Write any two importance of Standard time

Answer 1

Answer:

Earth orbits around sun in anticlockwise direction and spins in its axis in east to west direction.

Explanation:

• Earth revolves around the sun in an anti-clockwise direct direction that is from east to west. The places in the east are head of the west due to the sun rises in the east and sets in the west and this  time is measured from the Greenwich meridian

• IST and GMT are the important standard time zones that are synchronized with the clocks of the geographic region to a single standard time.

• A locally chosen meridian is established as a standard time. Such as Indian standard time and Greenwich meridian time followed in great Britain.