Earth, Moon, and Sun Vocabulary

To shine light on an object and make it visible.

• brighten
• enlighten
• clarify
• illuminate

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When the Moon is completely dark.

• Full Moon
• Lunar Eclipse

• Half Moon
• Blue Moon

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An object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see.

• Blueprint
• Prototype
• Scheme
• Model

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A rocky sphere that travels around a planet.

• asteroid
• comet
• planet
• moon

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The shape of the illuminated part of the Moon as it appears from Earth.

• Lunar eclipses
• Solar flares
• Moon phases
• Asteroid impacts

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The nearly circular path a smaller object (like the Moon) travels around a larger object (like Earth).

• Curve
• Loop
• Ellipse
• Orbit

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Something we observe to be similar over and over again.

• Structure
• Pattern
• Shape
• Design

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The relative size of things.

• Scale
• Magnitude
• Ratio
• Proportion

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The border between light and dark on the moon.

• Equator line
• Terminator line
• Twilight zone
• Sunset boundary

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The star that is the main source of light at the center of our solar system

• Moon
• Sun
• Mars
• Venus

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