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moon vocab
science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| waxing | growing moon |
| waning | shrinking moon |
| phases | the shapes of the moon |
| moons orbital tilt | the way the moon tilts |
| sun | the star in the solar system |
| satilite | an object that rotates |
| orb it | the path around an object |
| solar eclipes | the sun gets blocked by the moon |
| lunar eclipse | moon gets blocked by the earths shadow |
| 8 phases of the moon | new,waxing crecent,1st quarter,waxing gibbious,full,waning gibbus,3rd quarter, waning crecent |
| maria | the surface on the moon that looks like a lake |
| tides | high, low |
| umbra | the darck shadow of the moon |
| preumbra | the light shadow of the moon |
| neap tide | a tide with the sem at a stright lin |
| spring tide | the sem are in a 90 degree angle |