Foss Moon Articles Vocabulary

a scientist who studies objects in the universe, including stars, planets, and moons

• astronomers

• universe

• paleontologist

• telescope

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1. getting smaller

• waxing

• waning

• reflect

• cycle

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1. an object, such as a moon, that orbits another object, such as a planet

• galaxy

• satellite

• gravity

• atmosphere

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an optical instrument that makes distant objects appear closer and larger

• crater

• reflect

• telescope

• gravity

1. the Sun and the eight planets and other objects that orbit the Sun

• Solar System

• galaxy

• cycle

• moon

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1.  the visual effects created when the Moon passes exactly between Earth and the Sun

• lunar eclipse

• solar eclipse

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1. the phase of the Moon when all of the sunlit side of the Moon is visible from Earth

• new Moon

• first-quarter Moon

• third-quarter Moon

• full moon

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1. getting larger

• waxing

• waning

• reflect

• cycle

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1. the curved shape of the visible part of the Moon just before and after a new Moon

• new Moon

• gibbous moon

• crescent moon

• full moon

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1. to bounce off an object or surface

• waxing

• waning

• reflect

• cycle

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