Page 3 - Curriculum Visions Dynamic Book
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Earth and Moon: close but different 5 A speck in the cosmic ocean 5 Rocky bodies 6 Closely coupled 8 Sidereal and synodic time 8 The importance of gravity 9 The seasons 10 The phases of the Moon 13 Eclipses 14
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The Earth in the Solar System 16 The Earth’s gravity 18 The Earth’s size and shape 18 The Earth’s magnetic field 19 The magnetosphere and the auroras 20 The atmosphere 22 Water on the Earth 28 The Earth’s crust 30 Continental drift 36 Inside the Earth 38 Erosion on the Earth 40 The rock cycle 40
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The Moon’s gravity 42 The Moon’s atmosphere 44 The Moon’s surface 45 How the Moon reflects light 47 Craters on the Moon 50 Moon soil and Moon rock 52 The Moon’s interior 54 Where the Moon came from 56
The Moon rising over the Earth.
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