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The passing of the Moon between Earth and the Sun.
What is solar eclipse?
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The light part of a shadow.
What is penumbra?
100
The tide that is higher or lower than a normal tide.
What is spring tide?
100
The point at which the Moon is closest to Earth.
What is perigee?
100
The time of day when the Sun is highest in the sky.
What is solar noon?
200
The system whereby all places within a time zone all have the same time.
What is standard time?
200
The movement of a planet or other boy orbiting another body.
What is revolution?
200
The phase when more than half the Moon is visible.
What is gibbous phase?
200
Florida is located in this time zone.
What is eastern standard time?
200
The day the Sun shines directly on the equator.
What is equinox?
300
The tide that is not as high or as low as a normal tide.
What is neap tide?
300
The phase when less than half the Moon is visible.
What is crescent phase?
300
The boundary formed where the first and twenty-fourth time zones meet.
What is International Date Line?
300
The spinning of a planet or other body on its axis.
What is rotation?
300
The changing shapes of the Moon.
What are phases?
400
The imaginary line through the center of a planet or other body around which that body spins.
What is axis?
400
The day of the year the Sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky.
What is solstice?
400
This is the time it is in California when it is 9:00am in Florida.
What is 6:00am?
400
The point at which the Moon is farthest form the Earth.
What is apogee?
400
The point in a planet's orbit at which it is farthest from the Sun.
What is aphelion?
500
The passing of the Moon through Earth's shadow.
What is lunar eclipse?
500
California is located in this time zone.
What is pacific standard time?
500
The point in a planet's orbit at which it is closest to the Sun.
What is perihelion?
500
The center or dark part of a shadow.
What is umbra?
500
The outer layer of the Sun's atmosphere.
What is corona?
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