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20 Cards in this Set
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Tides are highest when? |
Earth sun and moon are lined up |
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A lunar eclipse occurs during what phase? |
Full moon's |
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Because earth's axis is tilted as it moves around the sun, earth has? |
4 seasons |
Winter, spring, summer, fall |
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A solar eclipse occur when? |
The moon blocks the sunlight |
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One complete revolution of earth around the sun takes about |
365.25 days |
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Earth's rotation on its axis causes |
Day and night |
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Differences on how much the moon pulls on different parts of the earth causes |
Tides |
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Earth's rotation takes about |
1 earth day |
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In the southern hemisphere, the summer solstice occurs when the sun is directly over head at? |
23.5° |
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If neither end of the earth's axis is tilted toward or away from the sun what occurs? |
Spring and fall equinox |
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You never see the far side of the moon because? |
The sun is blocking it |
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The amount of the sun lighted side of the moon you can see is the same during what places? |
1st and 3rd quarter |
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When the sun's pull is at right angels to the moon's you have |
Low tides and neap tides |
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The phases of the moon you see depends on? |
How much of the sunlit side we see |
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How much light do you see from new moon phase to full moon phase |
Grows larger each night |
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Describe the type of rays and length of days north America would experience when the north end of earth's axis is tilted toward the sun? |
Longer days |
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About how much time passes between a new moon and a full moon |
1 month=28.5 days |
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From which direction is the sun shining on the first quarter phase? |
Bright on the right |
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During a full moon, where is the moon in relation to earth and the sun? |
Moon is opposite side then the sun |
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What are the phases of the moon? |
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