Earth, Moon, and Sun Vocab - Honors

a rocky sphere that travels around a planet

• sun
• moon
• planet
• exoplanet

the relative size of things

• size
• gradient
• scale
• pattern

a moon phase that looks like less than a half circle from Earth

• quarter
• gibbous
• full
• crescent

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

• moon phase
• light side of the moon
• moon
• maria

something we observe to be similar over and over again

• scale
• orbit
• model
• pattern

a moon phase that looks like a full circle from Earth

• new moon
• full moon
• quarter
• gibbous

a moon phase that looks like more than a half circle from Earth

• gibbous
• full moon
• quarter
• new moon

the amount of time it takes for a planet to complete one orbit around a star or stars

• day
• month
• week
• year

a moon phase that looks like a half a circle from Earth

• quarter moon
• new moon
• full moon
• gibbous moon

when the Moon is completely dark

• night
• lunar eclipse
• gibbous
• solar eclipse