Why does the moon move further away from the Earth every year?

it doesn't-- the earth's gravity holds the moon in orbit

Why does the moon orbit the earth?

Gravity. It's considered that the moon was made by a planet-sized object smashing into the Earth and the resulting dust and debris eventually formed into what is now the moon--and that that is why the moon is relatively large compared to the Earth.

when jax was at the beath the tide was low,so he was able to see the sea stars in the tide pools.

your sopost to ask a moon queston

What is the moon made of?

moon is made of combination of several metallic substances and moon is mostly made of iron but there are also other materials like gold, silver, magnesium, aluminum, silicon , titanium etc.

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Course: 2nd grade reading & vocabulary > Unit 2

Lesson 1: Building knowledge

The Moon: unit vocabulary

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This is a list of a few useful or interesting words you'll find in this unit. You probably know some of them already, while others might be new to you. Take some time to get to know them all before you get started!

Word: continue
(verb)

Definition: to keep doing something
Sentence: Min continues to think about what it would be like to live on the moon.

Word: crater
(noun)

Definition: a large, round hole caused by something hitting the surface of a planet or moon very hard.
Sentence: The moon is full of large craters that we can see from Earth.

Word: decide
(verb)

Definition: to make up your mind
Sentence: When Katia was six years old, she decided that she wanted to live on Mars.

Word: disagree
(verb)

Definition: to not agree with someone or something; to not think the same way
Sentence: I know you think that the moon is the most wonderful thing in the night sky, but I disagree. I think the stars are the most wonderful.

Word: gravity
(noun)

Definition: the force that pulls objects towards another, bigger object
Sentence: The moon’s gravity is less powerful than the Earth’s gravity because the moon is smaller than the Earth.

Word: misunderstand
(verb)

Definition: to not understand, or to understand something incorrectly
Sentence: “Do not misunderstand me,” said Maya, “while the moon may look like cheese, it’s really a big rock.”

Word: orbit
(verb)

Definition: to travel around something
Sentence: The moon orbits, or travels around, the Earth about once every 27 days.

Word: remember
(verb)

Definition: to be able to think of something again
Sentence: My dad asked, “Do you remember when the moon looked orange last year?”

Word: rough
(adjective)

Definition: bumpy, harsh, or rocky; uneven
Sentence: When NASA planned for the landing on the moon, they had to think about the moon’s rough surface.

Word: surface
(noun)

Definition: the outside, or top layer, of something
Sentence: The moon’s surface has soft, gray dust.

Word: tide
(noun)

Definition: the rising and falling of the ocean’s level
Sentence: When Jax was at the beach the tide was low, so he was able to see the sea stars in the tide pools.

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