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What is rotation?
These are 2 reasons the Earth has seasons.
What is Earth's tilt along with Earth's orbit around the Sun which causes different direct sunlight/heat at different latitudes?
This moon phase occurs when the Earth is between the Sun and the Moon and 100% of the moon is illuminated.
What is a full moon?
Combining of Hydrogen to form Helium where light and heat are leased.
What is FUSION?
The tide when there is a New Moon
What is high tide?
The movement of Earth around the Sun.
What is revolution?
The Sun is directly over this latitude on December 21.
What is the Tropic of Capricorn?
This moon phase occurs when the Moon is between the Sun and the Earth and we can't see any reflected light.
What is a new moon?
This protects us from dangerous electromagnetic waves from the Sun.
What is Earth's magnetic field?
A tide that has the highest tidal range
What is a spring tide?
Little change between high and low tides
What is a neap tide?
Two days per year where when neither hemisphere is titled toward or away from the sun.
What is an equinox?
Moon phases when the sun, earth and moon are at 90 degrees and only 1/2 of the moon is illuminated.
What are 1st and 3rd quarter moons?
A main sequence yellow dwarf star.
What is the Sun?
This tide occurs when the moon is at a right angle (90 degrees) with respect to the Earth and sun.
What is a neap tide?
The moon is up on a clear dark night but difficult to see.
What is a new moon?
Two days per year when either the Northern or Southern Hemisphere is at its strongest tilt toward the sun.
What is a solstice?
Moon phase when there is more that half light on the left side of the moon
What is a waning gibbous?
Electromagnetic waves travel at the speed of ______?
What is LIGHT?
These two moon phases can result in spring tides.
What is a full moon and a new moon?
The horizontal lines on a globe
What are latitude lines?
This day has the most daylight hours of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
What is June 21?
The moon casts its shadow on Earth.
What is solar eclipse or New Moon?
Light, water and _________ are converted into Oxygen and __________. Fill-in the blanks
What is carbon dioxide and sugar?
These two moon phases can result in neap tides.
What is the first (1st) quarter moon and third (3rd) quarter moon?