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| earth's shadow covering the moon |
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| earths spin around its axis |
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| what causes a day and night? |
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| Which way does earth rotate? |
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| How many degrees is the tilt? |
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| What is a leap year and why do we have them? |
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| every 4 years there is an extra day added. this is because the earths revolution takes 365 and 6 hours to complete |
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| How do we get sprind and fall? |
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| when the tilt of the earth is not toward or away from sun |
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| why does the sunrise in the east and set in the west? |
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| because the earth rotates eastward |
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| how long is the lunar phase cycle? |
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| Which word means getting darker? |
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| which word means getting lighter? |
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| Do we always see the same side of the moon? |
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| Why is the Lunar Phase Cycle take 29.5 days when a moons revolution is 27.3 days? |
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| This is because the earth is revolving too. Si the moon takes an extra 2 days to catch up with the earth |
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sun---moon---earth
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sun----earth---moon
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| unequal daylight and nighttime hours |
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| when neither hemisphere is facing sun or away, equal daylight and night hours |
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| How much of the sun is always lit? |
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| how much of the moon is always lit? |
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| what causes the phases of the moon? |
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| by the angle at which we view lit against unlit side |
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| If the moon revolves around the earth then why do we not have eclipses twice a month? |
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| because they aren't in direct linement. moon is at a 5 degrees difference |
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| If the usa sees a full moon, what will china see? |
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