Why Do Shadows Change Size ? (āĻ›āĻžāρāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?)



  • Shadows form when light is blocked by an object. : āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒā§‹āĻšā§° ā§°ā§‹āϧ āϕ⧰āĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻ›āĻžāρāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

  • The Sun is the main light source and its position changes during the day. : āĻ¸ā§‚ā§°ā§āĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§āϝ āĻĒā§‹āĻšā§°ā§° āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏ āφ⧰⧁ āχāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻŋāύāĻŸā§‹āϤ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤




  • In the morning and evening, the Sun is low in the sky. : āĻĒā§ā§ąāĻž āφ⧰⧁ āϏāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϤ āĻ¸ā§‚ā§°ā§āĻ¯ā§āϝ āϤāϞāϤ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤

  • Low Sun → light falls at an angle → long shadows form. : āĻ¸ā§‚ā§°ā§āĻ¯ā§āϝ āϤāϞāϤ → āĻĒā§‹āĻšā§° āϤāĻŋā§°ā§āϝāĻ• → āĻĻā§€āϘāϞ āĻ›āĻžāρāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

  • At noon, the Sun is high (almost overhead). : āĻĻ⧁āĻĒā§°ā§€āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ¸ā§‚ā§°ā§āĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤

  • High Sun → light falls straight → short shadows form. : āĻ¸ā§‚ā§°ā§āĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ → āĻĒā§‹āĻšā§° āϏ⧋āϜāĻž → āϚ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻžāρāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

  • Shadow length depends on the angle of sunlight. : āĻ›āĻžāρāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻĻā§ˆā§°ā§āĻ˜ā§āϝ āĻĒā§‹āĻšā§°ā§° āϕ⧋āĻŖā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻ­ā§° āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤

  • Key Point: Shadows change size because the Sun’s angle changes throughout the day. : āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž: āĻ¸ā§‚ā§°ā§āĻ¯ā§āϝ⧰ āĻĒā§‹āĻšā§°ā§° āϕ⧋āĻŖ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻšā§‹ā§ąāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ›āĻžāρāϝāĻŧāĻž āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤