Why Do Shadows Change Size ? (āĻāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?)
- Shadows form when light is blocked by an object. : āĻā§āύ⧠āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒā§āĻšā§° ā§°ā§āϧ āĻā§°āĻŋāϞ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻ āύ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
- The Sun is the main light source and its position changes during the day. : āϏā§ā§°ā§āϝā§āϝ āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝ āĻĒā§āĻšā§°ā§° āĻā§āϏ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻŋāύāĻā§āϤ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
- In the morning and evening, the Sun is low in the sky. : āĻĒā§ā§ąāĻž āĻā§°ā§ āϏāύā§āϧāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϤ āϏā§ā§°ā§āϝā§āϝ āϤāϞāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
- Low Sun → light falls at an angle → long shadows form. : āϏā§ā§°ā§āϝā§āϝ āϤāϞāϤ → āĻĒā§āĻšā§° āϤāĻŋā§°ā§āϝāĻ → āĻĻā§āĻāϞ āĻāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
- At noon, the Sun is high (almost overhead). : āĻĻā§āĻĒā§°ā§āϝāĻŧāĻž āϏā§ā§°ā§āϝā§āϝ āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
- High Sun → light falls straight → short shadows form. : āϏā§ā§°ā§āϝā§āϝ āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ → āĻĒā§āĻšā§° āϏā§āĻāĻž → āĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
- Shadow length depends on the angle of sunlight. : āĻāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āϝ āĻĒā§āĻšā§°ā§° āĻā§āĻŖā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻā§° āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
- Key Point: Shadows change size because the Sun’s angle changes throughout the day. : āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝ āĻāĻĨāĻž: āϏā§ā§°ā§āϝā§āϝ⧰ āĻĒā§āĻšā§°ā§° āĻā§āĻŖ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻšā§ā§ąāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤