Unit 4, Week 4

A person who studies stars and planets.

• astronomer

• planeter

• star gazer

• crescent

A curve that is wider at the middle and tapered at the end

• series

• sliver

• crescent

• curver

different stages of the moon

• crescent

• sliver

• series

• phases

when something turns around on an axis

• astromer

• sliver

• rotates

• series

a number of similar things coming one after another

• sliver

• series

• crescent

• rotates

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

• crescent

• rotates

• series

• sliver

exact or particular

• specific

• series

• phases

• rotate

An ________ can determine the brightness of each star.

• athlete

• activist

• astronomer

• teacher

A _______ moon peeped out from behind the clouds

• crescent

• series

• phases

• sliver

The door opened six inches and she saw a ____ of dark landing.

• sliver

• rotates

• crescent

• astronomer