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Earth and space unit - 5th grade
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| Mercury (3) | 1st planet from sun, smaller than earth, no moons, no rings |
| Venus (3) | 2nd planet from sun, just a little smaller than earth, no moons, no rings |
| Earth (3) | 3rd planet from sun, 1 moon, no rings |
| Mars (3) | 4th planet from sun, smaller than Earth, 2 moons, no rings |
| Jupiter (3) | 5th planet from the sun, largest planet, 16 moons, has rings |
| Saturn (3) | 6th planet from the sun, 2nd largest planet, 18 moons, has rings |
| Uranus (3) | 7th planet from sun, larger than Earth, 15 moons, has rings |
| Neptune (3) | 8th planet from the sun, larger than Earth, 8 moons, has rings |
| Pluto (3) | 9th planet from the sun, smaller than Earth, 1 moon, no rings |
| lunar (moon) phases (4, 5) | the appearance of the moon during a month |
| Crescent moon (4) | only a sliver is visible |
| Full moon (4) | full circle visible, Earth is between sun & moon |
| Gibbous moon (4) | 3/4 of moon is visible |
| Half moon (4) | 1/2 of moon is visible, also called a quarter moon because 1/4 of the entire moon is visible |
| New moon (4) | no visible moon, the moon is between the sun and the Earth |
| Quarter moon (4) | 1/2 of the circle is visible, also called the half moon |
| Waning moon (4, 5) | the phases when the moon seems to be getting smaller, going from full to gibbous to half to cresent to new |
| Waxing moon (4,5) | when the moon seems to be getting bigger, going from new to cresentto half to gibbous to full |
| seasons (4,5) | 4 times of the year based on weather changes, winter, spring, summer, autumn(fall) |
| Winter (4,5) | coldest season, least hours of day light |
| Spring (5) | gradually warming tempertures, increasing hours of day light |
| Summer (5) | hottest season, most hours of day light |
| Autumn (5) | gradually decreasing tempertures, less day light |
| Equator (3,5) | a pretend line that runs around the middle of the Earth |
| Northern Hemisphere (5) | located North of equator, United States is located here |
| Southern Hemisphere (5) | South of equator, Australia is located here |
| Rotate (3, 5) | to spin or turn, the Earth rotates or spins once every 24 hours |
| Axis (5) | pretend line that runs through center of Earth, on which it spinstilted |
| Winter Solstice (4,5) | Shortest amount of daylight, December 22, start of winter |
| Summer Solstice (4,5) | longest amount of daylight, June 21, start of summer |
| Autumnal equinox (4,5) | equal amounts of day light and darkness, September 23, start of fall or autumn |
| Vernal equinox (4,5) | equal amounts of day light and darkness, start of spring |
| orbit (3,5) | to travel around a body in space, the Earth orbits or goes around the sun once a year (365 days), the moon orbits or goes around the Earth once in about a month (29 days) |
| revolve (3,5) | to travel around a body in space, another word for orbit |
| Counter-clockwise (3,5) | the direction that the Earth revolves and rotates |
| Polaris or North Star (5) | The star that the Earth's axis points towards |
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