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The motion of the Moon orbiting the Earth, and the Earth and the Moon both orbiting the Sun, constantly alters the appearance of the sunlight striking the Moon's surface, as viewed from Earth. This changes in light and shadow gives the different phrases of the Moon.
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Which objects motion causes eclipses of the sun?
The solar eclipse occurs when the moon is in between the sun and earth . So because the sun is the center of the solar system and is not supposed to move in it the earth and moon's movement causes the eclipse
What is the process that causes the moon to change phases?
The moon changes phases because different portions of the moon are illuminated by the sun, as seen by observers on Earth. The angle formed by the sun, the Earth, and the moon, is constantly changing as the Earth orbits the sun and the moon orbits the Earth.
What is the pattern of motion of a moon?
An oribit.
What causes the changes to the Moon's appearance?
The moon is let by the sun, with parts of it being obscured when it is in Earths shadow. The part in Earths shadow changed daily, leading to the visible phases of the moon. The entire cycle takes approximately 29 days.
What causes the moon to change it's shape?
The moon does not change shapes. The shadow of the earth on the moon changes how much of it you can see.Another viewpoint: I think this question is about the "phases" of the Moon.The Moon only appears to change shape during its different phases.Exactly one half of the Moon is in sunlight at any time. The phases occur because the Moon orbits Earth. That causes us to see different amounts of the sunlit Moon, and so its shape seems to change.
What real motion of the moon causes the pattern of moon phases?
the rotation of the moon causes the pattern of the moon phase.
What causes the changes in motion?
Force
What causes the changes of the moon phases?
The moon spins
What motion causes the Moon's phases?
the orbit cause it.
What two influences causes changes in the motion of objects?
mass and acceleraiton
How regularly do the moon's phases change?
It changes continually in time with its orbital motion.
Which of these causes extreme temperature changes on the moon?
lack of atmosphere
What motion causes the moon to change phases?
The lunar orbit, or maybe more precisely, the mutual earth-moon orbit.Orbit
What is an object tendency to resist changes in motion is?
If your mass has 40 kg on earth what is your mass on moon
How does the outside force effect the motion of an object?
F=ma.Or force causes acceleration,which is another way of saying that the motion changes.
What causes the apparent changes of the moon's shape?
The variations in how much reflected sunlight we see as the Moon orbits Earth.
What causes the apparent repeated changes of the moons shape?
The Earth's and Moon's rotation.
