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Earth rotates on its axis about once every year.
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Night and day on earth are caused by Earth's revolution around the sun.
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A lunar eclipse occure when Earth's shadow falls on the moon.
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| Day and night are caused by... |
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| Earth's rotation on its axis. |
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| One complete revolution of Earth around the sun takes about... |
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| Earth has seasons because... |
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| Earth's tilt of its axis which is 23.5 degrees. |
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| When the north end of Earth's axis is tilted toward the sun, North America will experience... |
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| The phase of the moon you see depends on... |
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| How much of the lighted side you see. |
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| From new moon phase to full moon phase you see... |
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| All of the waxing moon phases; Waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous. |
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| For a solar eclipse to occur, |
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| The moon has to be in front of the sun to block a certain part of Earth from seeing the sun. Sun, moon and Earth aligned. |
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| During what phase can a lunar ecplise occur? |
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| When are the tides highest? |
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| When the sun, moon and Earth are aligned. |
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| Tides are mainly caused by... |
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| The gravitational pull of the moon. |
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| Scientists think the moon was formed when... |
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| A large object(such as a planet) crashed into Earth and the debris made the moon. Called the Great Impact Theory. |
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| Earth's rotation takes about... |
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| An equinox occurs when... |
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| When Earth is neither tilted towards or away from the sun. |
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| Because the moon rotates once for each revolution around Earth, so you only see... |
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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 Earth's shadow is bigger than the moon so it is easier for the moon to fall into its shadow. |
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| When do neap tides occur? |
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| When the sun, moon and Earth form a 90 degree angle. |
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| The phase of the moon that immediately precedes the new moon is the... |
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| A... occurs when the moon moves directly between the sun and earth and throws a shadow on Earth. |
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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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