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Earth and Moon The moon is our closest neighbor in space As the moon revolves around the Earth, the Earth revolves around the Sun The position of the Earth and Moon and Sun cause Phases of the Moon, the Tides and Eclipses The moon revolves around the Earth in the same time as the moon rotates on its axis. As a result, the same side of the moon is ALWAYS facing the Earth

The moon is our closest neighbor in space As the moon revolves around the Earth, the Earth revolves around the Sun The position of the Earth and

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Earth and Moon

The moon is our closest neighbor in space

As the moon revolves around the Earth, the Earth revolves around the Sun

The position of the Earth and Moon and Sun cause Phases of the Moon, the Tides and Eclipses

The moon revolves around the Earth in the same time as the moon rotates on its axis. As a result, the same side of the moon is ALWAYS facing the Earth

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Moon PhasesThe phase of the moon depends on how much the sunlit side

of the moon faces the Earth

Every 29.5 days, a new cycle starts again

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Moon Phase Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w35Qx4VwXg8

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Is it a Lunar Eclipse or a Solar Eclipse?

Eclipses form when objects are in a straight line and they pass through the shadow formed by another object

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Eclipse Pictures

LUNAR ECLIPSEPARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE

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Words to Know

Rotation Revolution Gravity Eclipse Lunar eclipse Solar Eclipse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkvlrWpsnuQ