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Moon
Facts
Moon
Phases
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2. To spin in place like a top.

3. What is
rotation?

4. This motion causes day and night on Earth.

5. What is
rotation?

6. The direction that the Earth rotates.

7. What is counterclockwise
or from west to east?

8. The time is takes the Earth to rotate once.

9. What is 24 hours or one day?

10. The time of the day when the Sun is at its highest point in the sky.

11. What is noontime?

12. To orbit or circle around an object.

13. What is
revolution?

14. This motion causes our year on Earth.

15. What is
revolution?

16. The direction that the Earth revolves.

17. What is counterclockwise?

18. The time is takes the Earth to revolve once.

19. What is 365 days (almost) or one year?

20. This feature of Earth is the reason for the seasons.

21. What is the tilt of the Earth’s axis?

22. The Moon is this fraction of the Earth’s size.

23. What is ¼?

24. The approximate distance from the Earth to the Moon.

25. What is
250,000 miles?

26. This person was the first human to walk on the Moon.

27. Who is Neil Armstrong?

28. The year when the first human walked on the Moon.

29. What is 1969?

30. The bowl-like features found on the lunar surface.

31. What are craters?

32. The source of the Moon’s light.

33. What is the Sun?

34. Twenty-nine days or one “moonth.”

35. How long does it take the Moon to orbit or revolve around the Earth?

36. The date of the full Moon in August.
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37. What is about August 6th or 7th?1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

38. The name of this phase of the Moon.

39. What is a first quarter Moon?

40. The name of this phase of the Moon.

41. What is a full Moon?

42. The name for the space missions to the Moon.

43. What is Apollo?

44. The name for people who fly space missions.

45. What are
astronauts?

46. The spacecraft that lands like a glider.

47. What is the space shuttle?

48. This is the science term that means “moon.”

49. What is the term lunar?

50. This occurs when the Earth’s shadow blocks sunlight from striking the Moon.

51. What is a lunar eclipse?