Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
10 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
whats does AU mean? |
Astronomical Unit |
|
|
Whats a light year? |
a unit of astronomical distance equivalent to the distance that light travels in one year
|
|
|
Waxing Crescent |
the phases where the moon is less than half illuminated. On right side
|
|
|
Waxing Gibbous |
to phases where the moon is more than half illuminated.On right side
|
|
|
Waning Gibbous |
to phases where the moon is more than half illuminated. On left side
|
|
|
Waning Crescent |
the phases where the moon is less than half illuminated. On left side
|
|
|
New Moon |
e phase of the moon when it is in conjunction with the sun and invisible from earth
|
|
|
Full Moon |
he phase of the moon in which its whole disk is illuminated.
|
|
|
Third Quarter |
he moon is one-half illuminated by the sun. Occurs when the moon's illumination is decreasing; Half is see-able from earth on Left side
|
|
|
First Quarter |
During this phase of the Moon fifty percent of it is illuminated and visible from the Earth.
On right side |
