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The different shapes of the moon you see from Earth are called _________ |
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What do the phases of the moon you see depend on? |
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How much of the sunlit side of the moon faces Earth |
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When the moon shadow hits Earth or Earth shadow hits the moon, what occurs |
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What are the 2 types of eclipses? |
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The darkest part of a shadow of an eclipse is called the _______. |
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What happens to cause a solar eclipse? |
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moon passes between Earth and the Sun blocking the Sun from reaching Earth |
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The larger part of a shadow surrounding an umbra is called the _____ |
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During a partial solar eclipse, part of the Sun ____. |
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During a total solar eclipse the sky is ______. |
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What is the arrangement of the Earth, Moon and Sun during a lunar eclipse. |
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People in Earth's umbra still see a ____ lunar eclipse. |
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A lunar eclipse occurs at ______ moon. |
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During a lunar eclipse, Earth _______________________________. |
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Earth blocks sunlight from reaching the moon. |
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A partial lunar eclipse occurs when |
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the moon passes partly into the Earth's shadow. |
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The rise and fall of the level of ocean waters is called. |
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What force pulls the Moon Earth and Sun towards each other? |
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How much the moon pulls on different parts of the Earth at different times of day. |
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