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16 Cards in this Set
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LUNAR ELCLIPSE
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OCCURS WHEN EARTH'S SHADOW FALLS ON THE MOON |
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MARIA |
DARK, FLAT REGIONS THAT OCCUR UPON IMPACT FROM CRATERS ALLOWING LAVA TO REACH THE SURFACE AND FILL UP THE LARGER CRATERS |
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IMPACT BASIN |
DEPRESSION LEFT BEHIND BY AN OBJECT STRIKING THE MOON |
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SOLAR ECLIPSE |
OCCURS WHEN THE MOON MOVES DIRECTLY BETWEEN THE SUN AND EARTH AND CASTS ITS SHADOW OVER PART OF THE EARTH |
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WANING |
OCCURS AFTER A FULL MOON; YOU SEE LESS OF ITS ILLUMINATED HALF EACH NIGHT |
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MOON PHASE |
ARE THE DIFFERENT FORMS THAT THE MOON TAKES IN ITS APPEARANCE FROM EARTH; THE PHASE DEPENDS ON THE RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE MOON, EARTH AND THE SUN |
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NEW MOON |
OCCURS WHEN THE MOON IS BETWEEN EARTH AND THE SUN; DURING A NEW MOON, THE LIGHTED HALF OF THE MOON IS FACING THE SUN AND THE DARK SIDE FACES EARTH |
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WAXING |
OCCURS AFTER A NEW MOON; MORE OF THE ILLUMINATED HALF OF THE MOON CAN BE SEEN EACH NIGHT |
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FULL MOON |
OCCURS WHEN ALL OF THE MOON'S SURFACE FACING EARTH REFLECTS LIGHT |
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EQUINOX |
OCCURS WHEN THE SUN IS DIRECTLY ABOVE EARTH'S EQUATOR |
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SOLSTICE |
THE DAY WHEN THE SUN REACHES ITS GREATEST DISTANCE NORTH OR SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR |
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ELLIPSE |
EARTH'S ORBIT; AN ELONGATED CLOSE CURVE |
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REVOLUTION |
EARTH'S YEARLY ORBIT AROUND THE SUN |
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ROTATION |
THE SPINNING OF EARTH ON ITS AXIS; CAUSES DAY AND NIGHT TO OCCUR |
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AXIS |
IMAGINARY VERTICAL LINE AROUND WHICH EARTH SPINS, THIS LINE CUTS DIRECTLY THROUGH THE CENTER OF EARTH; THE POLES ARE LOCATED AT THE NORTH AND SOUTH ENDS OF EARTH'S AXIS |
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SPHERE |
A ROUND 3 DIMENSIONAL OBJECT, ITS SURFACE IS THE SAME DISTANCE FROM ITS CENTER AT ALL POINTS |
