The Sun
Nearest star to Earth.
What is the Sun?
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This process is when the Moons shadow appears on Earths surface.
What is Solar Eclipse?
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The large dark areas on the moon.
What is Maria?
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March Equinox season.
What is Spring?
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One completion of a day on Earth.
What is 24 hours?
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The Suns mass compared to Earths mass.
What is 300,000 times greater?
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This process is when the Moon moves into Earths shadow.
What is Lunar Eclipse?
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The Moons affects on Earths tides.
What is difference in gravity on the Earth and Moon?
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December Solstice season.
What is Winter?
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The time a revolution takes on Earth.
What is 365.24 days?
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Core temperature of the Sun.
What is 15,000,000 degrees Celsius?
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The daily rise and fall of sea level.
What are Tides?
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One revolution on the Moon.
What is 27.3 days?
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June Solstice season.
What is Summer?
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The path an object follows as it moves around another object.
What is Orbit?
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The tiny nuclei of atoms on the Sun.
What is Nuclear fusion?
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The Suns and the Moons gravitational pull effects combine and produce higher tides and lower tides.
What are Spring Tides?
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This process is when more of the Moons side is lit each night.
What are Waxing phases?
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September Equinox season.
What is Fall?
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The imaginary line Earth rotates on.
What is Rotation Axis?
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The distance from the Sun to Earth.
What is 150 Kilometers from Earth?
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This is when the Suns affect on tides reduces the Moons affects also, the week after a spring tide.
What are Neap Tides?
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During this process less of the Moons side is lit.
What are Waning phases?
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Seasons change by the movement of a process.
What is Earths orbit around the Sun?
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Earth moves through space in a curtain direction.
What is east to west?
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