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Is a day always exactly 24 hours long? In fact, the Earth's day is very slowly getting longer, and the cause is the Moon. The Moon's gravitypulls on the oceans and creates the tides. As a result, it very gentlyslows down the speed at which the Earth spins.
The change is tiny — about 1.7 milliseconds every hundred years — so it is far too small to notice in a lifetime. However, over a very long time it adds up. Whendinosaurs lived on Earth, a day was only about 23 hours long. Even at this very moment, our day is quietly growing a little longer.
Vocabulary from this story
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cause
sabab
gravity
tortishish kuchi
pulls
tortadi
tides
qalqish-qaytish
gently
ohista
slows down
sekinlashtiradi
notice
sezmoq
adds up
toʻplanib boradi
dinosaurs
dinozavrlar
Grammar from this story
Key patterns that appeared in the text.
as a result
Natijada, shuning oqibatida (oqibatni bogʻlaydi).
The Moon pulls the oceans; as a result, the Earth spins slower.
He didn't study. As a result, he failed.
when + clause (past time)
...ganda, ... vaqtida (oʻtmishdagi davrni koʻrsatadi).
When dinosaurs lived, a day was about 23 hours.
When I was young, I lived in a village.
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1. Why is the Earth's day slowly getting longer?
Oyning tortishish kuchi qalqish-qaytish orqali Yerning aylanishini sekinlashtiradi.
2. Why don't we notice this change?
Oʻzgarish (100 yilda 1.7 millisekund) shunchalik kichikki, uni bir umr davomida sezib boʻlmaydi.
3. How long was a day when dinosaurs lived on Earth?
Matnda dinozavrlar davrida Yer kuni taxminan 23 soat boʻlgani aytilgan.
