Wonders 4th Unit 4 Week 4 Vocabulary

an object that makes distant objects seem larger and nearer

• crescent

• astronomer

• phases

• telescope

a scientist who studies the stars and planets

• astronomer

• telescope

• sliver

• rotates

a curve that is wider in the middle and tapered at the ends

• phases

• crescent

• rotates

• series

different stages of the moon

• series

• rotates

• sliver

• phases

when something turns around on its axis

• phases

• rotates

• specific

• telescope

a number of similar things coming one after another

• specific

• phases

• series

• astronomer

a thin, often pointed piece that has been broken, cut, or torn off

• rotates

• phases

• specific

• sliver

exact or particular

• specific

• series

• crescent

• rotate

The large apartment building next door to us was built in three ________________.

• series

• phases

• specific

• rotates

I think she will grow up to be a(n) ____________________.

• crescent

• specific

• astronomer

• telescope