Science Chapter 38 Section 1 Flashcards
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Moon’s phases
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Different amounts of its sunlit half as it circles Earth each month
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Meteorites
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Free-flying space rocks
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New moon
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He moon is between Earth and the Sun
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First quarter
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At first quarter the angle between the Sun, Moon, and Earth is 90 degrees
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Waxing crescent
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Increasing what is seen
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Waxing gibbous
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More than half of the moon
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Full moon
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Sunlit side of moon faces us squarely
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Waning crescent
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Moon is covered in a crescent shape of darkness
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Waning gibbous
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More than half of the moon is covered with darkness
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Last quarter
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Moon is in darkness except for a crescent shape
