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Grade 2 Unit 6

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  • Why is the Sun's gravity bigger than the Earth's?
    It is much heavier (more mass)
  • What is a model?
    an object or drawing that helps us understand how something works or see what something looks like
  • Is this waxing or waning?
    waning
  • Where does the Moon rise? (east or west)
    east
  • What type of Moon is this?
    crescent
  • Is the Moon easy or hard to see at night?
    easy
  • What shape is the Sun?
    sphere/sperical
  • What does 'waning' mean?
    The light side of the Moon is getting smaller -> darker
  • Why is the Moon a sphere?
    gravity pulls everything to the centre
  • Is this waxing or waning?
    waxing
  • What does 'waxing' mean?
    The light side of the Moon is getting bigger -> less dark
  • Why do the phases look different?
    The Moon looks different in the northern and southern hemispheres.
  • It appears that the Sun moves across the sky. Does it really?
    no
  • What orbit takes 29 days to complete?
    The Moon's orbit of the Earth
  • What type of Moon is this?
    gibbous
  • Where does the Sun set? (east or west)
    west
  • What is another way of saying 'spin around'?
    rotate
  • What does 'orbit' mean?
    Go around