Amplify Earth Moon Sun Chapter 1

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What is the term for the border between light and dark on the moon?

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What is a moon?

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A rocky sphere that travels around a planet.

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What is a rocky sphere that travels around a planet?

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Moon

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What do we call the shape of the illuminated part of the moon as it appears from Earth?

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Moon Phase

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What is true about the sun and the moon?

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The sun illuminates the half of the Moon that is facing it, and the other half is dark.

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What is the primary source of light for the moon?

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The sun.

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What is the term for the path that the moon takes around the Earth?

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Orbit.

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What phenomenon occurs when the Earth comes between the sun and the moon?

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Lunar Eclipse.

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What is the term for the different appearances of the moon throughout the month?

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Moon Phases.

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What is the effect of the moon's gravity on Earth?

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It causes tides.