Seasons are caused by the Earth's _______ of the Sun.
orbit
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What do we call the star around which the Earth and other planets revolve?
The Sun
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Moon phase that occurs when the Moon is between Earth and the Sun, at which point the Moon cannot be seen because its lighted half is facing the Sun and its dark side faces Earth.
New Moon
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A phase of the moon coming after a new moon and before a 1st quarter moon that is a lit up crescent on the right
Waxing Crescent Moon
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seesaw
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magnet
Take 25 points!
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shark
Other team loses 20 points!
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banana
Go to last place!
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trap
No points!
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rocket
Go to first place!
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rocket
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lifesaver
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The Moon appears to be partly but less than one-half illuminated by direct sunlight. The fraction of the Moon's disk that is illuminated is decreasing.
Waning Crescent
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A phase of the moon that comes after a full moon and before a last quarter moon where all of the moon is lit up except for a small bit on the right side of the moon that we can see.
Waning Gibbous
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An eclipse where the Earth comes between the Sun and the Moon and it is a full Moon (the moon is covered, has a shadow of dark red cast on it, or slightly dimmed)
Lunar Eclipse
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When we start seeing less and less of the Moon it is _________.
waning
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The amount of matter in an object is called
mass
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banana
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fairy
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fairy
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thief
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The force the pulls objects toward each other is called ___________.
gravity
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How many phases does the Moon have?
8
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A device used to observe objects in the night sky by making them appear closer.
telescope
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Half of the moon is covered; light is on the LEFT.