The length of your shadow changing throughout the day is caused by what?
The rotation of Earth on its axis.
As the direction of the suns rays change in relavance to you, your shadow changes lengths and positions.
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What does a marble going around the edge of a plate demonstrate?
Revolution.
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During the spring high tides are higher and low tides are lower. Why is this so?
The Moon, Earth, and Sun lining up.
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Name the least common eclipse?
Total Solar Eclipse.
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Ocean tides are caused by the moon's gravitational pull yet, the sun's gravitational pull is stronger. Why are the tides controlled by the moon instead of the sun?
The moon is closer to the Earth.
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Give the Realationship of the Sun, Moon, and Earth.
the Earth rotates the Sun as the Moon rotates the Earth.
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The Earth rotating give the illusion that the sun is what?
Setting.
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What type of eclipse is this? Be specific.
Total Solar Eclipse.
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What is the eclipse not called solar eclipse?
Lunar Eclipse.
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Astronauts weigh less on the moon the on Earth. Why so?
The moon has less mass than the earth giving less gravitational pull toward the ground.
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the moon travels around the Earth, revolves, so it appears to what?
Move across the sky.
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Seasons result from what?
Revolution.
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A person who weighs 12 pounds on the Moon weighs what on Earth?
72 lbs
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Name both types of eclipses?
Lunar and Solar Eclipses.
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Why is Saturns day SHORTER than Earths?
It Rotates more quickly on its axis.
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How long does it take for the moon to revolve around the earth?
29.5 days
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How long does it take the earth to make one rotation on its axis?
24.25 hours or 1.25 days
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The amount of the moon's light that we can see shrinking is called what?
Wanning
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When is the next total solar eclipse?
August 21, 2017
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How many Planets in our solar system revolve around the sun?
8
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How fast is the Earth spinning on its axis?
1042 Miles per. hour
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It is shorter to go from pole to pole and back than to travel around the equator. True or False?