THE MOON

The Moon is the Earth's only natural ____________________ .
There are flat areas on the Moon that we call ____________________ , the Latin word for ____________________ .
They are flat plains of dark rock .
The Moon's surface is covered in ____________________ caused by meteor impacts .

Movements of the Moon
The Moon moves in two different ways .
Rotation
The Moon rotates on its ____________________ .
It takes about ____________________ days .
Revolution
The Moon orbits the ____________________ .
It takes about 28 ____________________ .
The time it takes for the Moon to rotate once on its axis is ____________________ to the time it takes for the Moon to orbit the Earth .
This means we always ____________________ the same side of the Moon from the Earth . It is called the ____________________ side

The phases of the Moon
The Moon does not emit its own light . It reflects light from the ____________________ .
From the Earth , we see different parts of the Moon lit by the Sun as the Moon travels in its ____________________ .
These changes in the Moon's appearance from the Earth are called moon ____________________ . Each one lasts a week .
In the ____________________ quarter , we see half of the half of the Moon that is lit by the Sun .
At ____________________ moon , the side of the Moon lit by the Sun faces the Earth .
In the ____________________ quarter , we see half of the half of the Moon that is lit by the Sun .
At ____________________ moon , the side of the Moon lit by the Sun does not face the Earth .

Eclipses
An ____________________ happens when a planet or a moon blocks the Sun's light .
On Earth , we can experience two types of eclipses : ____________________ eclipses and lunar ____________________

SOLAR ECLIPSES
The ____________________ is between the Sun and the Earth .
Part of the ____________________ passes through the Moon's shadow .
From the Earth , it looks like the ____________________ is going dark .

LUNAR ECLIPSES
The Earth is between the ____________________ and the Moon .
The ____________________ passes through the Earth's shadow .
From the ____________________ , it looks like the Moon is gradually disappearing .

Tides
The tide is the regular rise and fall of the ____________________ level .
It is caused by the ____________________ gravitational pull on the Earth .
There are about ____________________ hours between a high tide and a low tide .
It is ____________________ tide when the water rises to its highest level .
It is ____________________ tide when the water falls to its lowest level .