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Science vocab quiz
| Match | Match |
|---|---|
| a moon phase that looks like less than half a circle from earth. | crescent moon |
| a moon outside of our solar system | exomoon |
| a planet outside our solar system | exoplanet |
| a moon phase that looks like a full circle from earth | full moon |
| a moon phase that looks like more than half a circle from earth | Gibbous moon |
| To shine light on an object and make it visible | Illuminate |
| When the moon is completely dark | Lunar eclipse |
| An object diagram or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see | Model |
| A rocky sphere that travels around a planet | Moon |
| The shape of the illuminated part of the moon as it appears from earth | Moon phase |
| A moon phase in which the moon is not visible from earth | New moon |
| Orbit | The nearly circular path a smaller object (like the moon) travels around a larger object (Like Earth) |
| Something we observe to be similar over and over again | Pattern |
| A moon phase that looks like a half circle from earth | Quarter moon |
| The relative size of things | Scale |
| The sun the planets that orbit the sun and other objects that orbit the sun | Solar system |
| The star that is the main source of light at the center of our solar system | Sun |
| The border between light and dark on the moon | Terminator |
| The amount of time it takes for a planet to complete one orbit around a star or stars | Year |