Moon Phases Vocabulary

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when the moon comes between the Earth and the sun and the shadow of the moon falls on part of the Earth.

a layer of air, made up of many layers and gases that surround the Earth's surface keeping humans safe from the sun's radiation.

a small body of ice, rock and cosmic dust that follows an elliptical orbit around the sun.

the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases.

are the results of the moon and sun working together to exert more pull on the earth's oceans.

little chunks of rock and debris in space.

a small rocky object that orbits the sun, usually in the band between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

the difference in levels of ocean water at high tide and low tide.