| Light and Dark on the Moon | Moon Phases | Lunar Eclipses |
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What is the Moon
This object is lit by the sun
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What is the Moon
From Earth we see the illuminated part of the half of this object that is facing us
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What is totally dark
How the moon appears from Earth during a lunar eclipse
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What is illuminate
To shine light on an object and make it visible
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What is about 1 month
The amount of time it takes the Moon to orbit the Earth
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What is a straight line
How the Earth, Moon, and Sun are aligned during a lunar eclipse
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What is half
This amount of the moon is always illuminated
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What is a pattern
How we predict the moon will change appearance
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What is none
The amount of the Moon that is illuminated during a lunar eclipse
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What is light
This type of wave travels only in straight lines
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What are Phases of the Moon
The pattern of how we see the Moon from Earth as it orbits us
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What is between the moon and the Sun
The Earth's location during a lunar eclipse
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What is the border between light and dark on the Moon?
The terminator
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What is a Full Moon
A moon phase that looks like a full circle from earth
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What is not every orbit
When a lunar eclipse occurs in the moon's monthly orbit
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