A-because its period of rotation equals its period of revolution.
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What is the answer to number 15?
F-Seasons
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What is the answer to number 6?
B-the relative positions of Earth, the moon, and the sun (the phases of the moon)
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What is the answer to question number 3?
A- The moon's orbit is tilted.
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What is the answer to number 7?
C-Solstice.
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What is the answer to number 8?
A-Day
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What is the answer to number 11?
E-Northern Hemisphere
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How many high tides and low tides occur daily?
Two high tides and two low tides occur daily.
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In your own words, write a definition of an eclipse.
An eclipse occurs when the shadow of one celestial body, such as a planet, falls on another celestial body.
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What is the answer to number 12?
A-Equinox
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The time required for the Earth to revolve once around the sun is called a...
Year
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What is the answer to number 14?
B-Southern Hemisphere
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What is tide?
Periodic waves caused by the gravitational pull of the moon on the earth.
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Draw the positions of Earth, the moon, and the sun during solar eclipses.
For a solar eclipse, the moon should be between Earth and the sun.
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What is the answer to number 9?
D-Solstice
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What is the answer to number 10?
C-Day
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What is the answer to number 5?
B-The South Pole tilts away from the sun.
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What moon phases do the Spring tide and the NEAP tide occur?
Spring- Full and New moon
NEAP- 1st quarter and 3rd quarter
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Draw the positions of Earth, the moon, and the sun during a lunar eclipse.
For a Lunar eclipse, Earth should be between the moon and the sun.
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What is the difference between the Vernal Equinox and the Autumnal Equinox? When do they occur and what do they mean to you?
Vernal-It is the spring equinox. It occurs on March 21st and is the first day of spring.
Autumnal- It is the fall equinox. It occurs on September 21st and is the first day of fall.
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What is the answer to number 13?
G-Earth's rotation
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What is the answer to number 18?
If Earth's tilt did not change, the Northern and Southern Hemispheres would receive the same amount of solar energy all year long. There would be very little change in seasons.