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The Sun appears to rise in the ___________.
east
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To _____________ is to turn on an axis.
rotate
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When the Sun is "high" in the sky, shadows are _________________.
short
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The imaginary line that oes from North Pole to South Pole and divides eastern and western hemispheres is ___________________.
Prime Meridian
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The tilt of the Earth's ____________ causes the seasons to change.
axis
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A bowl shaped dent in the moon's surface or a planet's surface is a _______________.
crater
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The USA is in the __________ himisphere and the ___________ hemisphere.
Northern, western
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The Sun appears to set in the _____________
west
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To move in a path around another object is to ___________.
orbit
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The sun appears lowest in the sky and there are less hours of sunlight during the season of ______________.
winter
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An __________ is the imaginary line through the center of an object.
axis
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The orbit of the Earth is in the shape of an __________.
ellipse
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Day and night occur on Earth because it ____________.
rotates
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When the Sun is "low in the sky, shadows are ___________.
long
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A ___________ is on e of the four parts of year -spring, summer, fall, and winter.
season
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The Sun appears the highest in the sky and there are more hours of sunlights during the season of ______________.
summer
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There are ___________ days in Earth's year.
365
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The different ways the moon looks through the month are called ________________.
the phases of the moon
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The Moon's __________ is weaker than the Earth's gravity.
gravity
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There are __________ hours in Earth's day.
24
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A ___________ is a ball of hot gases that gives off light and other forms of energy.
star
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The Moon's diameter is about ______ of the Earth's diameter.
1/4
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A ______________ is a group of stars that forms a pattern shaped like an animal, person, or object.
constellation
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As the moon ____________ around the Earth, the Moon phases occur.
orbits
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The sun is ___________ million miles from Earth.
93
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The moon revolves around the Earth about every __________days.
27 1/3
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More than 1 ___________ Earth's could fit inside the Sun.
million
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The _____________ is an imaginary line that circles around the Earth halfway between the N.Pole and S.Pole. It divides the Earth into Northern and Southern hemisphere.
equator
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Half the Earth is a __________________.
hemisphere
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An ____________ is a scientist who studies space.
astronomer
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