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The sun appears to set in the . |
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Time of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky. |
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The moon around the earth in days . |
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The time it takes a planet to complete one revolution around the earth. |
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The time it takes one planet to complete one revolution around the sun. |
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The shortest shadow of the day occurs at . |
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The side of earth that isilluminated by the sun. |
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Earth on it's axis in (lenght of time). |
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| Explain how and why shadows change shape throughout the day. |
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shadows are longer in the morning and evening because the sun has a lower angle of seperation; shadows are shortest at solar noon because the sun has the highest angle of seperation. |
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| Earth around the sun, which takes days. |
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The time it takes a planet to complete one rotation on its axis.
1 Earth day = 24 hours |
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The movement of one object as it turns or spins around a central point or axis.
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An imaginary line that runs throughthe middle of an object round which that object rotates. |
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The shortest shadow of the year occurs on the at . |
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Summer Solstice - Solar Noon |
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