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Science Struck: A Scientific Explanation to What Causes Day and Night HandoutScience Struck: A Scientific Explanation to What Causes Day and Night Handout
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Science Struck
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4th - 8th
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Science Struck: A Scientific Explanation to What Causes Day and Night

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Explains how the rotation and the axial tilt of the Earth are responsible for the phenomenon of day and night. Provides information about the Sun, the solar system, and the Earth, and how the circumference of the Earth was first measured by the Greek scholar Eratosthenes.

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eratosthenes

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axial tilt, solar system, buzzle.com: sciencestruck: a scientific explanation to what causes day and night, ohio 5.ess.3.a, characteristics of sun, circumference of earth, rotation of earth, earth's axis, rotation, and tilt

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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