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moon vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| lunar cycle | the four week period during which the moon orbits around earth one time and goes though all of its phases |
| illuminate | to light up |
| lunar eclipse | an eclipse in which the moon appears darkened as it passes into the earth's shadow |
| solar eclipse | an eclipse in which the sun is bocked out by the moon |
| craters | round structures with various sizes and details found on the surface of the moon |
| maria | large dark gray areas that are smooth on the surface of the moon |
| comets | large icy objects with a tail that orbits the sun |
| asteroids | chunks of rocky material that orbits the sun |
| meteoroid | small object in space |
| meteorite | when a meteoroid hits an object like the moon |