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study guide: earth/moon
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8th Grade
02/15/2012

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true or false: a lunar eclipse occurs when the earths shadow falls on the moon
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false!!!!!!!!!! that is a solar eclipse, a lunar eclipse happens when the moon falls in the earths shadow!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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one complete revolution around the sun takes about?......
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365 and 1/4 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :D
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an equinox occurs when?......
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the sun is neither tilted towards or away from the sun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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which are you more likely to see: a solar eclipse or a lunar eclipse???????????? explain why...
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you are more likely to see a lunar eclipse because the earths shadow is so much bigger than the moon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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a ______ occurs when the moon moves directly between the sun and the earth and throws a shadow on the earth.........
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Solar eclipse
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the phase of the moon that precedes (comes before) the new moon is the ___________?
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a waning cresent!!!!!!!!!!!
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why do people always see the same side of the moon????????
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because it rotates at the same time it revolves!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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what is the umbra
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the darkened part of the earths shadow
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what is the penumbra
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the non darkened part of the earths shadow
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♥ what is the order of the moon phases????? ♥
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new moon, waxing cresent, 1st quarter ( light on the right), waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, 3rd quarter half moon, waning cresent, new moon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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