Science V Q4 Week 3

• Moon - the only natural satellite that Earth has
• satellite - is an object that revolves around a larger object.
• It takes 29 1/2 days for the moon tocomplete its one complete revolution around the Earth.
• The moon does not produce its own light. It only reflects the light coming from the sun
• New Moon - the moon is between the Earth and the sun - the moon is not visible to the Earth
• Waxing Crescent - thin curve phase of the moon that appears as a glowing crescent - seen after the new moon
• Waxing Gibbous - most of the portion of the moon is visiblein the sky.- the moon is getting larger
• Full Moon- the whole lighted side of the moon isvisible from Earth
• Waning Gibbous - after full moon- most of the portion of the moon is visiblebut appears to be getting smaller eachnight.
• First Quarter - the moon looks like a half-circle- half of the moon’s lighted side can be seen on Earth
• Third Quarter - three weeks after new moon, the moon isthree-fourths on its orbit- the other half of the lighted side of themoon can be seen on earth
• Waning Crescent - the moon’s lighted part is about to disappear from the view of the earth