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Using your own words explain
rotation.
The Earth is rotating around the earth’s
axis like a rolling log.
How long does it take the earth to
rotate one time ?
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What causes day and night?
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The earths rotation, the earths sun ,and
moon
Explain why the moon is not a star.
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The moon does not produce it own light.
Explain why the sun is a star and
why its important to us.
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Against , spinning ball of very hot gas ,the
sun is fueled by nuclear reactions and the
sun gives trees light so they will give us
oxygen.
Describe how the sun’s position in
the sky changes the length and
position of shadows . What are the
changes in the length and direction
of the shadows from morning to
midday to afternoon? Prepare to
illustrate the changes.
The answer.
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The sun casts makes the longest shadows
at the beginning ,middle and end and the
sun casts the shortest shadows at the
midday. Morning it goes to the east then
midday it goes north and the at the end it
goes west.
Explain how the moon appears to
move slowly across the sky from
east to west during day and night.
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The sun’s gravity pulls the moon’s orbit a
little out of its circle into an elliptic path.
Describe the pattern of the moon’s
appearance be prepared to
illustrate
the basic phrases of the moon.
The answer .
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It turns light to dark the light again.
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