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Patterns in Nature
SOL 3.8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How long does it take to complete one rotation of the earth? | 24 hours |
| What is a sequence? | a series of events that occur in a natural order |
| What causes the pattern of day and night? | the rotation of the Earth |
| Which part of the Earth has daylight? | the part of the Earth facing the sun |
| Which part of the Earth has night? | the part of the Earth away from the sun |
| Why does the pattern of seasonal changes take place? | because the Earth's axis is tilted toward or away from the sun during its revolution around the sun |
| How long does it take the Earth to make one revolution? | it takes 365 days or one year |
| When does the cycle of the phases of the moon occur? | when the moon has made one revolution around the Earth |
| What pattern doe the tides follow? | there is a pattern of 2 low tides and 2 high tides every 24 hours |
| What causes the pattern of the tides? | the pattern of the tides is caused by the gravitational attraction between the Earth and the moon |
| Name two things that have life cycles. | plants and animals have life cycles |
| What is a cycle? | a repeated pattern |
| What does essential mean? | something that is absolutely necessary |
| What is rotation? | the act of spinning on an axis or center |
| What is revolution? | the movement of one body around a center or another object |
| What is gravity? | a force which pulls two objects together |
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