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Sun,Earth,moon

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Rotation   Spinning on its axis.  
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Revolution   Movement of the earth around the sun.  
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Axis   Imaginary line traveling through the north and South Pole.  
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Equator   Imaginary line dividing northern and Southern Hemisphere.  
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Tilt   The position of the Earth.  
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Hemisphere   Half of a sphere.  
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Seasons   Caused by the Earths tilt, and changed by what hemisphere faces the sun.  
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Lunar Eclipse   When the Earth is in front of the moon and covers the sun  
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Solar Eclipse   When the moon is infront of the Earth and covers the sun.  
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New Moon   known as no moon, When Earth cant see any of the moon.  
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Full moon   When the Whole Moon is filled.  
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First Quarter   When only half of the moon is filled. On the right side.  
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Third Quarter   When only half the moon is filled on the left side.  
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Waxing   When the moon is filling up.  
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Waning   When the moon is getting smaller and we see less.  
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Waxing crescent   When only a small portion is visible on the right side.  
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Waxing Gibbous   When the moon is more than half full mostly on the right side.  
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Waning crescent   When only a small portion is visible on the left side.  
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Waning Gibbous   When the moon is more than half full mostly on the left side.  
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Wave   A curved line of sudden energy.  
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Umbra   The shadow of the light from the sun.  
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Preumbra   The light that surrounds the Earth or Moon from the sun.  
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Polaris   The North star that our Earth's axis always points towards.  
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