Earth, Sun, and Moon

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Earth, Sun, and Moon

• Science SOL 4.7

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Solar System

• The sun, the nine planets and their moons, and
  the other objects that orbit the sun.

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Solar Eclipse

• The blocking of sunlight by the moon as the moon
  passes between the sun and the earth.

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Rotation

• One full spin of an object around an axis the
  rotation of the Earth causes day and night.

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Revolution

• The movement of one object around an axis the
  revolution of the Earth around the sun causes the
  seasons.

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Lunar Eclipse

• The darkening of the moon as it passes through
  the earths shadow.

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New Moon

• The moon is between the Earth and the sun the
  sunlit side of the moon faces away.

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First Quarter

• One week after the new moon half of the moons
  sunlit side of the moon faces away.

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Full Moon

• Two weeks after the new moon the whole sunlit
  half of the moon faces the earth.

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Last Quarter

• Three weeks after the new moon half of the
  sunlit side of the moon faces the Earth.

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Moon Phases

• The positions of the moon in its orbit around the
  Earth

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Earth

• The third planet from the sun the planet where
  we live.

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Axis

• An imaginary line through a spinning object the
  Earth rotates on its axis.

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Season

• One of the four periods of the year- spring,
  summer, fall, and winter.

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Planet

• A large body of matter revolving around the sun.

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Ellipse

• The shape of a circle that has been flattened a
  little.

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Waxing

• The moon phases leading up to a full moon.

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Waning

• The moon phases after the full moon.

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NASA

• National
• Aeronautics and
• Space
• Administration

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NOAA

• National
• Oceanic and
• Atmospheric
• Administration

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Aristotle

• The ancient philosopher who believed that the
  universe was a sphere with the Earth at its
  center.

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Copernicus

• Established the theory that the Earth revolved
  around the sun.

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Ptolemy

• Believed that the planets and the Sun orbited
  around the Earth.

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Galileo

• The first to use a telescope and discover
  evidence to support the theory of Copernicus.

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• The End!