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April Science Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| when the moon is completely dark | lunar eclipse |
| the sun, planets that orbit objects in our solar system | solar system |
| the border between light and dark on the moon | terminator |
| a moon phase that looks like less than half a circle from earth | crescent moon |
| a moon outside our solar system | exomoon |
| an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making in simpler | model |
| to shine light on an object and make it visible | illuminate |
| something we observe to be similar over and over again | pattern |
| the nearly circular path a smaller object (like the moon) travels around a larger object (like the earth) | orbit |
| 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 |
| a planet outside our solar system | exoplanet |
| a moon phase that looks like a full circle from earth | full moon |
| a rocky sphere that travels around a planet | moon |
| the amount of time it takes for a planet to complete one orbit around a star or stars | year |
| the relative size of things | scale |
| the star that is the main source of light in the center of our solar system | sun |
| a moon phase that looks like a half-circle from earth | quarter moon |
| a moon phase that looks like more than half a circle from earth | gibbous moon |