solstices, equinoxes, and seasonal change
December 21st or 22nd.
What is a December solstice?
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The dents in the Moon.
What is a crater?
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More of Moon's near side is lit each night.
What is waxing phases?
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Revolves around Earth as the Earth revolves around the Sun.
What is the Moon?
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A big white ball with grey holes in it.
What is the Moon?
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June 20th or 21st.
What is a June solstice?
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The large, flat, dark areas on the Moon.
What is a Maria?
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Less of the Mooon's near side is lit.
What is waning phases?
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Which planet's gravitational pull causes the Moon to orbit Earth.
What is Earth?
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The Moon's diameter?
What is 27% of Earth's diameter
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A day when Earth's rotation axis is more toward or away from the Sun.
What is a solstice?
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The Moon formed before - lived on Earth.
What is dinosaurs?
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As the lunar cycle begins, a silver light can be seen on the Moon's western edge.
What is first quarter waxing phases?
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The Moon spins as it revolves around Earth.
What is correct/ true?
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The distance from Earth to it's Moon.
What is 384,000 km?
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A day when Earth's rotation axis is neither toward nor away from the Sun.
What is an equinox?
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The light colored - are too high for the lava that formed the maria to reach.
What is a highland?
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During this week less, and less of the Moon's lit side can be seen.
What is quarter three waning phases?
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The same side of the Moon always faces Earth.
What is correct/ true
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One revolution of Earth's Moon.
What is 27.3 days?
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The north end of the rotation axis now points toward the Sun but does so less and less.
What is a June solstice and a September equinox?
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Most of the impacts that formed the Moon's craters happened more than......
What is 3.5 billion years ago?
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The portion of the Moon or a planet reflecting light as seen from Earth.
What is a phase?
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The side of the Moon that cannot be seen by Earth is called the -.
What is the far side of the Moon?
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The Moon's mass.
What is 1.2% of Earth's
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