Moon Phases
Key Concepts
Vocabulary
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Ms. Santiago
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Image 1

Full Moon

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______ travels in straight lines.

Light

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the nearly circular path a smaller object (like the Moon) travels around a larger object (like Earth)

Orbit

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Like poles...

Repel
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What is Ms. Santiago's favorite color?

Green!

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Image 2

New Moon

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It takes __________ for a moon cycle to complete

1 month (28-29 days)

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the sun, the planets that orbit the sun, and other objects that orbit the sun

the Solar System

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What is Newton's Second Law?

F=MA

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What is Ms. Santiago's favorite subject outside of science?

History

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Image 3

Waxing Gibbous

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The Moon is always ______ illuminated by the sun.

50%

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the border between light and dark on the Moon

Terminator

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Found in the nucleus of a cell

DNA

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What is Ms. Santiago's favorite video game? 

Persona, Pokemon, Fire Emblem
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Image 4

Waning Crescent

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This event can occur only during a full moon.

A lunar eclipse

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an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see

Model

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Which planet in our solar system has the most extreme seasons? 

Uranus

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Ms. Santiago's favorite card game  
I play every weekend and WIN :) 

Magic the Gathering!

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When the moon looks over 50% illuminated, with the right side being dark

Waning Gibbous

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The moon phase between the last quarter and the new moon.

Waning Crescent
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a moon outside our solar system

Exomoon

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A rock is changed by heat and/or pressure to become a different type of rock.

Metamorphic rock

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What is Ms. Santiago's usual order from Starbucks? (Closest answer gets the points!)

Venti iced coffee with soymilk
or Brown Sugar oatmilk shaken espresso

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