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As you move from the equader to the north pole what happens to the amount of light striking the northern hemisphere?
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Increases
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What happens to the amount of daylight?
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Increases
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As you move from the equator to the south pole what happens to the amount of light striking the southern hemisohere?
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Decreases
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What happens to the amount of daylight?
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Decreases
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Rotate
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Turns on its own axis
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Revolve
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Orbiting around another object
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The moon is closest to the earth
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Perigee
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One complete revolution of the earth around the sun takes about
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One year
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Annular eclipse
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During a solar eclipse the edge of the sun still shows when moon was at apogee it appears smaller and doesnt completely cover
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Describe the mariathat cover most of the surface of the moon
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The maria is the dark areas that we see on the moon they are smooth and it reflects little of light
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How thick is the crust of the moon on the side facing the earth
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The crust that is facing the earth is 60 km thick
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During which stafe of development did the maria form
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3rd stage
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How would the surface of the moon differ today if meteorites has continues to hit it at the same rate as they di 3 billion years ago
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It would be somewat the same as it does now
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What happens to make a year on earth
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Earth revolves around the sun
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What motions have to happen to make an earth month
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Moon revolves around earth
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