Seasons
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| show | each of the four divisions of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter) marked by particular weather patterns and daylight hours, resulting from the earth's changing position with regard to the sun.
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| show | a half of the earth, usually as divided into northern and southern halves by the equator, or into western and eastern halves by an imaginary line passing through the poles.
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| show | space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation.
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| show | rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun and the rotation of Earth.
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| show | an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0°
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| Chandra x-ray Observatory | show 🗑
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| show | space observatory being used to perform gamma-ray astronomy observations from low Earth orbit.
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| eclipse | show 🗑
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| phases | show 🗑
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| rotation | show 🗑
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| gravitational force | show 🗑
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| Voyager Probes | show 🗑
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| show | the movement of one object around a center or another object
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| show | a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit
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| show | the angle that the earth is positioned
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| show | Moon passes between the Sun and Earth and casts a shadow on Earth
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| show | Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon. The Moon is in Earth's shadow
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| show | the longest and shortest days of the year
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| equinox | show 🗑
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| show | moon is less than half lit
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| show | Side of the Moon facing Earth is fully lit.
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| show | Moon is more than half lit.
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| show | Side of the Moon facing Earth is completely dark.
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| umbra | show 🗑
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| show | the shadow cast by the earth or moon over an area experiencing a partial eclipse
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| ebb | show 🗑
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