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Sun, Moon, and Earth Vocabulary Review

Practice your understanding of these important words and concepts for the unit test. (Chapters 25 and 26, McDougall-Littell Earth Science textbook)

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aurora borealis
craters
Earth's penumbra & umbra zones
Earth's seasons are related to its revolution/orbit around the Sun.
rotation
full moon
lunar eclipse phases
marias
Impact Theory of Moon's formation
8 phases of the Moon
Moon's structure
new moon
partial solar eclipse
part of something; not wholepartial
complete; all of somethingtotal
Planetray Motion Law 1: Elliptical Orbits
Planetary Motion Law 2: Equal Area Law
Astronauts left their footprints in this, regolith
Sun's corona is visible
total solar eclipse with corona and solar flares
Sun's structure
waning crescent moon
waning gibbous moon
waxing crescent moon
waxing gibbous moon
perigeeMoon is closest to Earth in its orbit
apogeeMoon is farthest from Earth in its orbit
extremely small meteroid particlesmicrometeoroids
first manned mission to land on the Moon, Apollo 11
Moon's gravityone-sixth (1/6) of Earth's
visiblecan be seen
tilted, not straight
depression, an area that is lower than its surroundings
eclipseto cover and keep from being seen or noticed; can be partial or total
50 minutes later each dayMoon's rising and setting changes
umbradarkest part of shadow
penumbrapartial shadow
7.5 minuteslength of a solar eclipse
vernalspring (season),
equinox"equal night"
autumnalfall (season),
first quarter moon phase
last quarter moon phase
day when summer or winter beginssolstice
27.3 daysMoon's period of revolution
27 days, 8 hoursMoon's period of rotation


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