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Sun, Earth, Moon2

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Rotation   The action of spinning around an axis.  
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Revolution   An object moving around another object in a circular motion.  
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Seasons   Each of the four divisions of the year(summer, winter, spring, and fall) that have changes in weather patterns.  
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Axial Tilt   The angle between its equatorial plane and orbital plane.  
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Lunar Eclipse   The moon passes into the earth's shadow and it darkens.  
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Solar Eclipse   When the sun is obscured by the moon.  
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Neap Tide   A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.  
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Spring Tide   A tide just after a new or full moon.  
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New Moon   When the side of the moon facing the earth is covered with complete sunlight.  
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Full Moon   The phase of the moon in which the whole side is illuminated.  
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First Quarter   The fist fourth of the Moon's period of revolution around the Earth.  
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Third Quarter   The moon is opposite the Sun, sitting at 180 degrees.  
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Waxing   When the sunlight increases in size on the moon. (White on right, we're _____ tonight)  
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Waxing Crescent   When there is just a sliver of light shining on the right side of the moon.  
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Waxing Gibbous   When the Sun is covered by sunlight more than half way but less than full coming from the right hand side.  
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Waning Crescent   When there is just a sliver of light shining on the left side of the moon.  
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Waning Gibbous   When the Sun is covered by sunlight more than half way but less than full and is coming from the left side.  
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wave   A long body of water curling into an arched form and breaking on the shore.  
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Tide   The rising and falling of the sea.  
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Umbra   The fully shaded inner region of a shadow cast by an opaque object.  
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penumbra   The partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by an opaque object.  
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Total eclipse   In which the whole side of the sun or moon is obscured.  
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Partial Eclipse   In which the eclipsed body is only partially obscured.  
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Polaris   A fairly bright star located within one degree of the north celestial pole.  
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