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Earth rotates on its axis about once every year |
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Night and day on earth are caused by Earth's revoltuion around the sun |
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A lunar eclipse occurs when earth's shadow falls on the Moon |
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Day and Night are caused by |
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One complete revolution of the earth around the sun takes about |
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Earth has seasons because.... |
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the earths axis and its revolution around the sun |
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when the north end of Earth's axis is tilted towards the sun, North America will be having.... |
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The phase of the moon you see depends on......
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the amount of sunlight reflected from the sun |
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From new moon phase to full moon phase you see... |
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the waxing cresent, first quarter, and waxing gibbous |
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for a solar eclipse to occur.... |
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the moon is directly between the sun and the earth |
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During what phase can a lunar eclipse happen |
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When are tides the highest |
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tides are caused mainly by |
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Scientist think that the moon was created by........ |
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when an object the size of mars impacted earth it broke of a piece of earth and thus became the moon |
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Earth's rotation takes about |
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An equinox occurs when....... |
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day and night cycle becomes equal |
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Because the moon rotate once for each revolution around the sun you only see..... |
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you only see one side of the earth |
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The tide with the lest difference in high and low tide. Happens when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other |
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the amount of lighted side of the moon you can see is the same during... |
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which are you more likley to see occur lunare |
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