Moon & Space Vocab

a sequence of phases of the moon as it revolves around the Earth once every 29.5 days

• lunar cycle

• seasons

• gibbous

• solstice

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the movement of one object around another object

• rotate

• revolve

• tilt

• waxing

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to spin on its axis

• rotate

• revolve

• tilt

• revolution

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caused by the tilt of the Earth on its axis as it revolves around the Sun

• Heliocentric Model

• Geocentric Model

• seasons

• lunar cycle

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the two days of the year on which the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator

• solstice

• crescent

• seasons

• axis

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imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and the north or south poles

• lunar cycle

• equator

• axis

• tilt

lean, incline, slope, or slant

• rotate

• revolve

• shine

• tilt

the part of the moon cycle where the moon grows bigger

• waning

• waxing

• Heliocentric Model

• Geocentric Model

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moon phase in which more than half of the moon appears to be illuminated

• gibbous

• crescent

• quarter

• new

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moon phase in which less than half of the moon appears to be illuminated

• gibbous

• quarter

• crescent

• axis

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