Amplify Earth, Moon, and Sun Review

a moon phase that looks like a full circle

• new moon

• crescent moon

• quarter moon

• gibbous moon

• full moon

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

• full moon

• crescent moon

• quarter moon

• waxing

• gibbous moon

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when the Moon is completely dark due to Earth's shadow

• orbit

• new moon

• lunar eclipse

• exoplanet

• waning

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

• model

• waning

• waxing

• orbit

• illuminate

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something we observe to be similar over and over again

• model

• pattern

• reasoning

• claim

• full moon

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a moon phase that looks like half a circle from Earth

• quarter moon

• full moon

• new moon

• gibbous moon

• crescent moon

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a rocky sphere that travels around a planet

• sun

• moon

• pattern

• orbit

• terminator

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

• moon

• exoplanet

• Sun

• Earth

• illuminate

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This diagram of the Earth and Moon is shown from top view, with sunlight coming from the left. Why does it show that it's bright on the left half of the moon?

• Because as the Moon gets closer to the sun more of it is lit by the sun

• Because the Moon has different colored rock, and the half of the Moon with the lighter-colored rock has rotated to the left

• Because there is a shadow from Earth falling on half of the Moon

• Because the half of the Moon that is facing the sun is lit by the sun, and the other half is dark

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A student made a diagram of what they think the moon looks like when seen from above (top view). Is the student's diagram correct and why?

• No, it's not accurate because the whole Moon is bright as long as there are no shadows covering parts of it.

• Yes, it is accurate because the Moon is almost as close as it can be to the sun, so the Moon is almost fully lit by the sun.

• No, it's not accurate because only the half of the Moon that is facing the sun is lit by the sun, and the other half is dark

• No, it's not accurate because the part of the moon that is facing the Earth should be lit so we can see it.

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