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| How long is Earth's revolution around the sun? |
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| What are tides caused by? |
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| The moons gravitational pull. |
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| Why does Earth have seasons? |
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| Because of Earth's tilt on it's axis. |
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| How are day & night caused? |
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| They are caused by the Earth's rotation. |
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| How long does Earth's rotation take? |
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| When does a solar eclipse occur? |
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| It occurs when the Moon moves directly between the Sun and Earth and throws a shadow on Earth. |
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| When do neap tides occur? |
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| When the first and third quarter Moons happen. |
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| Why do we always see the same side of the moon? |
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| Because the moon rotates at the same rate it revolves. |
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| During what phase can a lunar eclipse occur? |
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| What is Earth's revolution? |
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| It is it's yearly orbit around the Sun |
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| When does an equinox occur? |
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| It occurs when the Earth is tilted neither toward or away from the sun. |
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| When are tides the highest? |
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| They are the highest on New and Full moons. |
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| What phase of the Moon immediately precedes the New Moon? |
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| It is the difference between the high and low tides distance and water levels. |
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| They are the regular rising and falling of the ocean's surface. |
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| It is the region in which only a portion of the light source is obscured by the occluding body. |
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| It is the innermost & darkest part of the shadow, where the light source is completely blocked by the occluding body. |
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| What are all the phases of the Moon? |
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| New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full moon, Waning Gibbous, Third Quarter, Waning Crescent. |
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