Phases of the Moon

We don't see any of the lit-up side of this moon.

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We see the whole side of the moon that is lit by the sun.

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We see half of the side of the moon that is lit by the sun.

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The lit-up part of the moon looks like the letter C.

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As the moon _____ Earth, it seems to change shape. But it doesn't.

• orbits

• races

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Each shape is called a ______ of the moon.

• angle

• phase

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But the moon is not really changing ______ during each phase.

• moons

• shape

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The moon is actually ______ light from the sun.

• orbiting

• reflecting

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When the moon is reflecting light from the sun, we are able to see it from different ______?

• angles

• rotations

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How do we know that the moon is not a star.

• It does not make its own light.

• It does not rotate the Earth.