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Question Answer
phaseportion of the illuminated side of the moon that we see from earth
waxingperiod of the moon's revolution in which Earth can see an increasing amount of the lighted side of the moon
waningEarth can see an decreasing amount of the lighted side of the moon
crescentshape of the moon when a small sliver of light is visible from earth
gibbousshape of the moon between quarter and full
impact theorymost widely accepted theory of the moon's formation - states that a large object collided with earth and the debris from the collision joined together to form the moon
mariasmooth plains on the moon, made of basalt, dark-colored
highlandsmountainous area of moon with lots of craters, made of breccia, and light-colored
ApolloNASA program whose goal was to land a man on the moon and return him safely to earth
eleventhis Apollo mission was the first that was able to land men on the moon and allow them to walk on moon
synchronous rotationthis is the reason we see the same side of the moon from earth - it means that the moon's revolution period and rotation period is equal (about 28 days)