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Topic 4: Time and the Earth-Moon-Sun cycles
Quick questions on Sidereal and synodic time and the lunar phases - Edexcel GCSE Astronomy
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State which is longer, the sidereal day or the solar day, and by roughly how much. [1 mark]
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State what causes the phases of the Moon. [1 mark]
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