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9 Cards in this Set
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Earth
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our planet has an atmosphere oceans fresh water weather life (plants and animals) mountains hills valley weathering and erosion.
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Sun
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a big ball of gas it is a star it has sun spots solar flares has an enormous gravity is the center of our solar system and it is much bigger than earth.
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Moon
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orbits earth no water life oxygen atmosphere reflects light from the sun the moon does have hills rocks mountains and valleys it takes 29-30 days to revolve around earth.
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lunar cycle
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the cycle of the moon as is it revolves around earth it revolves around earth it appears different in the sky depending where it is in the cycle
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new moon
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we can not see the moon in the sky
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first quarter
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a portion of the right side of the moon is reflecting the suns light
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full moon
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the moon looks like a complete circle in the sky
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last or third quarter
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a portion of the left side of the moon is reflecting the suns light
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tides
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rise and fall of the ocean water levels along the coast follow a predictable pattern high tides and low tides.
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