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100
The complete trip of the Earth around the sun in 365.24 days.
What is a revolution?
100
The angle at which the Sun's rays strike the earth is greatest during this season.
What is the summer?
100
A bowl shaped depression on the surface of the moon.
What is a crater?
100
Phases are from new moon to full moon when the visible part of the moon's lit size gets larger.
What is waxing?
100
When the earth passes through the moon's shadow this occurs?
What is a solar eclipse?
200
There are this many time zones in the world.
What is 24?
200
In this season objects cast longer shadows.
What is winter?
200
Phase of moon that is barely seen because the unlit side faces the earth.
What is a new moon?
200
The pull of gravity between the earth and the moon causes this.
What are tides?
200
When the moon passes through the earth's shadow this occurs.
What is lunar eclipse?
300
A vertical belt about 15 degrees wide in longitude, in which all locations have the same time.
What is a standard time zone?
300
The sun is higher or lower at midday during the summer than in the winter.
What is higher?
300
Phase occurs when the moon's entire lighted size is visible from the earth.
What is a full moon?
300
When the sun, moon, and earth are in a line this type of tide occurs.
What is a spring tide?
300
Is it the earth's revolution or the earth's rotation that makes the sun look like it is moving across the sky?
What is the earth's rotation?
400
A line of longitude at 180 degrees?
What is the international date line?
400
This end of the Earth's axis points toward the Polaris.
What is the northern end?
400
The different shapes the moon seems to have when it is viewed from the earth.
What are phases?
400
If the gravitational pull of the Sun and Moon are at right angles this type of tide occurs.
What is neap tide?
400
The length of the month is determined by this.
What are the phases of the Moon?
500
One complete spin of the Earth on its axis.
What is rotation?
500
These are caused by the tilt of the Earth's axis of rotation.
What are seasons?
500
Phases from full moon to new moon when the visible part of the moon's lit side gets smaller.
What is waning?
500
During a spring tide high tides are higher or lower?
What is higher?
500
It is 6pm on the East Coast of the United States then it is this time on the West Coast.
What is 3pm?