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The reason why we have seasons is because of the axis. We get our seasons from the earth's axis and the moon's axis tilt. The moon and the earth have both an axis that is tilted.
The sun contains 99.85% of the mass in the solar system.
More than 80% of the Earth’s surface is volcanic.
The Moon is a 4.6 billion year old ball of rock that circles around Earth once every 27 days, 7 hours and 43 minutes.
The moon phases are different in times of the year because every month it changes go around the month in a rotation!
The suns rays strike the earth at different times of the year.
Your shadow gets closer during the day by getting shorter in the afternoon than the morning. In the morning it is longer than the afternoon!
The suns rays strike the earth at different times of the year because the sun rotates around the earth. Pasta parallels is an experiment that tells you that the suns rays are hottest near the equator.
