Chapter Chapter 25.1 And. 25.2 Flashcards

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Lunar Highlands

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A range of mountains on the moon better later color than Maria

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Rille

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Trench like valleys running through marina rock bed on the moon

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Regolith

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Another name for lunar soil

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Waning

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The face of the moon gradually changes from all light back to all dark. So light to dark

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Waxing

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The surface of the moon gradually changes from all dark to light

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Gibbous

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When almost all of the bright side of the moon faces earth

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Lunar eclipse

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When earth shadow prevents sunlight from reaching the moon

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Solar eclipse

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When the Moon’s shadow prevents some sunlight from hitting earths surface

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