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Moon Vocab and etc.

Moon vocan and etc.

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Seasons Short period of climate change in an area caused by the tilt of the Earth`s axis as Earth revolves around the Sun.
Direct Light Light that is directly received by an object.
Indirect light Light that doesn`t come directly from the source.
Earth`s Tilt Earth`s tilt on its axis.
Orbit The pathway for objects doing a revolution. The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, esp. a periodic elliptical revolution.-web
Revolution(revolve) Earth`s year long elliptical orbit around the sun.
Axis Imaginary vertical line that cuts through the center of the Earth and and around which Earth spins.
Rotation(rotatate) Spinning of Earth on its imaginary axis, which takes about 24 h to complete and causes day and night to occur.
Solstice Twice-yearly point at which the Sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator.
Equinox Twice-yearly time, each spring and fall, when the Sun is directly over the equator and the numbers of daylight and nighttime hours are equal worldwide.
Moon Phases(SPACE VIEW) How the moon and its phases appear from Outer Space.
Moon Phases(EARTH VIEW) How the moon and its phases appear from Earth.
Gibbous (of the moon) Having the observable illuminated part greater than a semicircle and less than a circle.-Google
Waxing (of the moon between new and full) Have a progressively larger part of its visible surface illuminated, increasing its apparent size.-Google
Waning (of the moon) Have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size.-Google
Swag An ornamental festoon of flowers, fruit, and greenery: "ribbon-tied swags of flowers".-Google
FREE BEE Yo Gabba Gabba.
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