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Vocabulary
Phases
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Phases
Vocabulary
100
Term meaning the moon is "growing" or becoming more visible.
What is waxing?
100
Phase in which you see all of the moon.
What is a full moon?
100
Time it take the earth to rotate on its axis.
What is 24 hours?
100
Phase of the moon AFTER waxing gibbous.
What is full moon?
100
Path something takes as it moves around another body as it revolves.
What is an orbit?
200
Term meaning the moon is "lessening" or becoming less and less visible.
What is waning?
200
When the moon is darkened.
What is new moon?
200
Number of months in one year.
What is 12?
200
When you can't see the moon.
What is new moon?
200
Term for the imaginary line through the earth and  moon on which these bodies rotate.
What is an axis?
300
Term for one-fourth of the moon being visible.
What is crescent?
300
When one-half of the moon is not visible.
What is quarter moon?
300

Exact time it take the moon to revolve around the earth...32.25 days, 29.53 days, 365.25 days

What is 29.53 days?


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300
When you only see one-half of the moon.
What is quarter moon?
300
Term for one-quarter of the moon being visible.
What is crescent?
400
Term for one complete turn of the earth (moon, or another planet) on its axis.
What is rotation?
400
Phase of the moon just before a new moon.
What is waning crescent?
400
Time it takes the earth to revolve around the sun.
What is one year?
400
Phase before third quarter moon.
What is waning gibbous?
400
Term for one-half of the moon being visible.
What is quarter?
500
Term for one trip of the earth around the sun.
What is a revolution?
500
Phase of the moon that is increasing and between first quarter moon and full moon.
What is waxing gibbous?
500
Time it takes the moon to orbit around the earth.
What is one month?
500
Phase right after new moon.
What is waxing crescent?
500
Term for all of the moon being in the earth's shadow.
What is new or new moon?