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Tides
Eclipse
Moon Phases
Vocabulary
Seasons
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What is the order of the bodies in a spring tide?
Sun, moon, Earth or sun, Earth, moon.
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What is the order of a solar eclipse?
Sun moon earth
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What is the first phase in the moon cycle?
New moon
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What is a a body that orbits a larger body?
Satelitte
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What are the 2 equinoxes?
September and March equinox.
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What are tides?
Daily changes in the level of ocean water.
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What is the order of a lunar eclipse?
Sun earth moon
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What side of the moon is light up when it's waxing?
Right
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What is gravity?
A mass exerted from a body in space that pulls a smaller object into it.
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What are the two solstices?
December solstice and June solstice
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T or F. Spring tides have the smallest daily tidal range.
False
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What is the darkest part of a shadow
Umbra
300
How many phases are there?
8
300
What is a revolution?
A body that travels around another body in space.
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What is the definition of season?
a pattern or temperature or other weather trends.
400
T or F. A tidal range is the difference between levels of ocean water at high tide and low tide.
True
400
What is the lightest part of a shadow
Penumbra
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How long does it take for the moon to revolve around the Earth?
28 days
400
What is an equinox?
Sunlight shines equally on both hemispheres.
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What parts of the world is an equinox most different from other days of the year?
North pole
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What would happen if the moon evolved around the Earth in 10 days?
There would be higher high tides and lower low tides.
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How long does a full eclipse last?
1-2 minutes
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What is the order of the moon phases?
New moon, waxing crescent, 1st quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, 3rd quarter, waning crescent
500
What happens in a solstice?
The sunlight is at a maximum on one hemisphere and a minimum on the opposite.
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What would happen if a year was split in half?
You would have 12 hour days