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17 Cards in this Set
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Neap tides |
Tides which occurs when the sin is at right angles to the moon |
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Lunar eclipse |
When the moon passes into the shadow of the earth |
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Light year |
Distance that light travels in a year |
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Tides |
Caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun |
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Phases of the moon |
Caused by different amounts of the moon being visible at different times of the moon |
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Year |
Time taken for the earth to complete one orbit of the sun |
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Moon |
Earth natural satellite |
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Solar eclipse |
When the moon passes in front of the sun |
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Day and night |
Caused by the rotation of the Earth on it axis |
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Spring tides |
Tides which occurs when the earth is in line with the moon and the sun |
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Seasons |
Caused by the title of the earth on it axis |
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Orbit |
The curved path of one object around another |
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Month |
Time taken for the moon to complete one orbit of the earth |
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Earth axis |
Imaginary line between the South Pole and the North Pole |
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Astronomical unit |
Distance between the sun and the earth |
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Day |
Rome taken for earth to complete one rotation on its axis |
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Rotate |
Move around an axis |
