Vocabulary 1
A natural object that orbits around the earth.
The moon
The rising and the falling of the ocean due to the moons gravitational force.
Tides
Phase 1 and moon cannot be seen.
New Moon
T/F The sun makes its own light.
When the moon is in its "growing" phase.
Waxing
A series of space flights with the goal of getting man on the moon.
Apollo Missions
A large rocky object floating in space.
Asteroid
Phase 3 and half the moon can be seen.
Quarter Moon
The moon reflects this light.
The sun
The moon is in its "shrinking" phase.
Waning
Phase 5 and all of moon surface is seen.
Full Moon
Phase 2 and one quarter of the moon can be seen.
Crescent Moon
The moon orbits around this.
Earth
These created the moons features.
Asteroids and Volcanos
The drop the 'e' rule in spelling.
Drop the 'e' if the suffix begins with a vowel.
Streaks left by an asteroid.
Lunar Rays
Dark areas on the moons surface created by ancient volcanic eruptions.
Lunar Mare
The moon is smaller or bigger than the sun.
Smaller
The moons gravity causes this.
Tides
The keep the 'e' rule.
Keep the 'e' if the suffix begins with a consonant.
These are connected and their orbits depend on each other.
Earth-Moon-Sun System
Phase 4 and three quarters of the moon can be seen.
Gibbous Moon
The moon is 400 times closer than the sun or 400 times farther away than the sun.
400 times Closer
The moons cycle repeats about every ____ days.
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Mrs. Negrette's favorite color.
Red