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Science Unit 6 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| crescent moon | a moon phase that looks like less than half a circle from Earth |
| exomoon | a moon outside our solar system |
| exoplanet | a planet outside our solar system |
| full moon | a moon phase that looks like a full circle from earth |
| gibbous moon | a moon phase that looks like more than half a circle from earth |
| illuminate | to shine light on an object and make it visible |
| lunar eclipse | when the moon is completely dark |
| model | an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see |
| moon | a rocky sphere that travels around a planet |
| moon phase | the shape of the illuminated part of the moon as it appears from earth |
| new moon | a moon phase in which the moon is not visible from earth |
| orbit | the nearly circular path a smaller object travels around a larger object |
| pattern | something we observed to be similar over and over again |
| quarter moon | a moon phase that looks like a half-circle from earth |
| scale | the relative size of things |
| solar system | the sun, the planets that orbit the sun, and other objects that orbit the sun |
| sun | the star that is the main source of light at the center of our solar system |
| terminator | the border between light and dark on the moon |
| year | the amount of time it takes for a planet to complete one orbit around a star or stars |