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Moon and Stars

Moon, Sun and Stars

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Moon's gravity The force that acts upon Earth's tides.
High Tides Happens on the side of the Earth that faces the Moon.
Lunar Eclipse SEM
Solar Eclipse SME
The change in the moon's position overnight is due to____________ the rotation of the Earth.
Phases of the Moon New Moon, Waxing Crescent, 1st Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, 3rd Quarter, Waning Crescent
Eclipse Passing into the shadow of another.
Moon Phase Changing appearance of the moon.
Crater Formed by rocky objects hitting the surface
Tides Change of the water level due to gravity pull
Ray Streaks of material outward from the crater.
Waxing to grow more lit.
Waning to become less lit.
Perigee Moon closest to Earth
Apogee Moon farthest from Earth
Core The center of the sun.
Corona The extremely hot outermost layer, extending outward several million miles from the chromosphere.
Nebula A large cloud of gas and dust spread out over a large volume of space.
How are stars classified? color, size and brightness
What are the color and temperature of stars? Blue = hot Red cool.
Meteoriod Chunk of rock or dust in space.
Meteor Rocky object that burns up in Earth’s atmosphere.
Meteorite Rocky object that hits the Earth’s surface.
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