Lunar Phases

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What causes the Earth to have day and night? Options: Revolution, Rotation, Moon Phases, The ocean

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Rotation

Front

The path that the Earth takes around the Sun is called...

Back

An orbit

Front

Rotation means to...

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Spin

Front

The Earth rotates every...

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24 hours

Front

What causes the Earth's seasons?

Back

The tilt of the Earth

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What is a solstice?

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When the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon.

Front

What is an equinox?

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The time or date at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of equal length.

Front

Approximately how many days does it take the moon to go from one phase to the next?

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7

Front

Waning means to be...

Back

Going away

Front

Waxing means...

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Growing