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solstices and equinoxes
seasons
eclipses
earth's tides
vocabulary
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a time where sunlight is at a maximum in one hemisphere a minimum in the other
What is solstice
100
the four seasons
What is Summer Winter Spring Fall
100
How does an eclipse form?
By one object casting a shadow (in space) at another
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what causes tides
What is the moon
100
the time it takes for earth to rotate once on its axis
What is a rotation
200
when are the equinoxes
What is September 22, March 21
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marks the beginning of a season
What is solstice or equinox
200
how does a solar eclipse occur?
When the moon is directly between the earth and the sun
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What are the two types of tides
Low and high tides
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the time it takes earth to complete one whole orbit
What is a revolution
300
When are the solstices
What is December 21, June 21
300
the earth is closest to the sun in _____.
What is January
300
When is the next solar eclipse going to occur?
2017
300
what is the force acting on liquids to cause tides?
What is gravity
300
An event where one object in space casts a shadow onto another
What is an eclipse
400
the beginning of fall is
What is the autumnal solstice
400
the relationships between the seasons in northern and southern hemisphere
What is they are reversed
400
What happens during a solar eclipse?
The moon goes directly between the sun and earth causing a moon-like shadow on the earth's surface
400
Where are spring tides on the tidal range?
The largest
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where sun shines equally on northern and southern hemispheres
What is equinox
500
in the winter solstice, which hemisphere gets more sunlight
What is summer
500
How much is earth's axis's tilt?
What is 23.5 degrees
500
What is a lunar eclipse?
When the moon moves into the earth's umbra with the penumbra on the outside
500
Where are Neap tides on the tidal range?
The smallest
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a partial shadow as in an eclipse between regions of complete illumination and complete darkness
What is penumbra