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| What is a sidereal period? |
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| The time it takes to reach the same position relative to the stars. |
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| What is the moon's sidereal period? |
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| What is a synodic period? |
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| time to reach the same position relative to the sun |
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| What is the moon's synodic period? |
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| What is the chief factor behind the difference of the moon's synodic period and sidereal period? |
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| Different positions because synodic refers to the sun and sidereal refers to the stars |
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| The waxing phases of the moon be seen...? |
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| List the phases of the moon in order, starting with the New moon |
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1. New
2. Waxing crescent
3. first quarter
4. Waxing gibbeous
5. Full
6. Wanning gibbeous
7. third quarter
8. Wanning crescent |
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| The moon rises in the _____ and sets in the _____ |
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rises in the east
sets in the west |
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| Motion of the night to night is (same or opposite) of the moon one night? |
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| Moon's orbit is slower than earth's rotation |
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| The waning phases of the moon can be seen in the _______ |
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| The moon rotates with the same _____ as it _____ the earth. |
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| We always see the same side of the moon, true or false? |
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| What is the zone of partial shadow called? |
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| What is the zone of total shadow called? |
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| What kind of eclipse do we see if the entire surface of the moon passes through the earth's umbra? |
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| Why does the earth have a faint red glow during a total lunar eclipse? |
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| because it's reflecting sunlight scattered in the earth's atmosphere |
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| True or False: The sun and moon appear exactly the same size in the sky. |
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| What kind of eclipse occurs if the moon passes in front of the sun? |
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| A viewer standing in the umbra of the shadow will see what kind of eclipse? |
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| What is the earth's position closest to the sun called? |
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| What's the earth's position farthest from the sun called? |
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| what is the moons position closest to earth called? |
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| what is the moon's position farthest from earth called? |
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| When does an annular solar eclipse occur? |
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| when earth is near perihelion and the moon is near apogee |
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| Solar eclipses occur during which moon phase? |
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| Lunar eclipses occur during which moon phase? |
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