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eclipses and tides
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| whats the diffrence of the positions between the solar and lunar eclipse | the sun is on the left, the moon is in the middle, and the earth is on the right for the solar eclipse and for the lunar eclipse the sun is on the left the earth is in the middle and the moon is on the right |
| the central darker of a shadow | umbra |
| lighter part of a shadow which light is partially blocked | penumbra |
| occurs when the moons shadow passes over earth surface | solar eclipse |
| what phase does the moon have to be in in order to occur for the solar eclipse | new moon |
| why do solar eclipes not occur every month | moons orbit slightly tilted during most new moons earth is either above or below the moons shadow |
| what force causes tide | moons gravitational pull |
| where do low tides occur | between tidal bulges |
| where do high tides occur | at the tidal bulges |