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Outer Space Vocabulary
Lesson 1 vocab
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Science
6th Grade
02/02/2006

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Solstice
Definition
a point in Earth's orbit around the sun where daylight is either longest or the shortest amount possible.
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Equinox
Definition
a point in the Earth's orbit around the sun where nights and days are the same length[image]
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Lunar eclipse
Definition
a darkening of the moon when it passes through Earth's shadow[image]
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Tides
Definition
the rise and fall of water in the ocean and seas caused mainly by the gravitational pull of the moon on the Earth[image]
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