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crescent moon
a moon phase that looks like less than half a circle from Earth
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illuminate
to shine light on an object and make it visible
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orbit
the nearly circular path a smaller object (like the Moon) travels around a larger object (like Earth)
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sun
the star that is the main source of light at the center of our solar system
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exomoon
a moon outside our solar system
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lunar eclipse
when the Moon is "completely" dark because the sunlight is blocked by the Earth
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pattern
something we observe to be similar over and over again
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terminator
the border between light and dark on the Moon
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exoplanet
a planet outside our solar system
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moon
a rocky sphere that travels around a planet
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quarter moon
a moon phase that looks like a half-circle from Earth
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year
the amount of time it takes for a planet to complete one orbit around a star or stars
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full moon
a moon phase that looks like a full circle from Earth
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moon phase
it indicates the different shapes of the illuminated part of the Moon as it appears from Earth (it happens over time)
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scale
the relative size of things
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solar eclipse
when the sun is fully blocked by the moon from the Earth's point of view
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gibbous moon
a moon phase that looks like more than half a circle from Earth
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new moon
a moon phase in which the Moon is not visible from Earth
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solar system
the sun, the planets that orbit the sun, and other objects that orbit the sun
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Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
name any 5 planets in the solar system
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