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| How often does the Earth rotate on its axis? |
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| Night and day on Earth are caused by Earth's _____ around the Sun. |
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| True or False? A lunar eclipse occurs when Earth's shadow falls on the Moon. |
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| False; A solar eclipse occurs when Earth's shadow falls on the Moon. |
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| Day and night on Earth are caused by what? |
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| One complete revolution of Earth around the sun takes about how long? |
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| Earth has seasons because of.... |
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| Earth's revolution and tilt |
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| When the north end of Earth's axis is tilted toward the sun, North America will experience which season? |
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| The phase of the moon you see depends on what? |
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| How much of the sunlit side of the moon is facing the Earth |
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| From new noom phase to full moon phase you see which phases? |
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| waxing cresccent, 1st quarter, and wanning gibbous |
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| For a solar eclipse to occur, where is the moon? |
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| the moon is directly in between the sun and earth |
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| During what phase can a lunar eclipse occur? |
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| What are tides mainly caused by? |
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| Tides are caused mainly by the effects of the moons and suns gravity on Earth |
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| What do scientists think the moon was formed by? |
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| How long is Earth's rotation? |
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| Earth's rotation takes about 24 hours |
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| When does as an equinox occur? |
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| An equinox occurs when Earth isn't tilted toward or away from the Sun. |
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Because the moon rotates once for each revolution around Earth, you can only see...
A) one side of th moon
B) 2 sides of the moon
C) the whole moon |
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| The amount of the lighted side of the moon you can see is the same during... |
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| You are more likely to see a lunar eclipse than a solar eclipse because... |
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| the lunar eclipse has a large shadow |
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| When do neap tides occur? |
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| When the sun, earth, and moon form a right angle. |
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| Which eclipse occurs when the moon moves directly between the Sun and Earth and throws a shadow on Earth? |
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| The phase of the moon that immediately precedes the new Moon is the ... |
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| The yearly orbit of Earth around the Sun is called its .... |
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| Summer occurs on the hemisphere of Earth that is .... |
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| What does this picture represtent?[image] |
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| Is this a partial or total lunar eclipse?[image] |
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| Why do people on earth always see the same side of the moon? |
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| It revolves as fast as its revolution. |
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