Cut-out cards Matching sheet

Print double-sided (flip on the long edge) and cut along the dashed lines. Fronts and backs line up.

Lunar Cycle · Fronts · page 1

crescent
gravity
moon
rotation
earth
solar system
orbit
axis

Lunar Cycle · Backs · page 1

Force that pulls objects toward the Earth
Any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters
A transformation in which the coordinate axes are ___ by a fixed angle about the origin
Natural satellite that orbits the Earth
The sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field
The planet we live on
A straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions
An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"

Lunar Cycle · Fronts · page 2

reflection
revolution
new moon
waxing
atmosphere
astronomy
Mars
Jupiter

Lunar Cycle · Backs · page 2

A drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving
The phenomenon of a propagating wave being thrown back from a surface
The application of wax to a surface
The time at which the ___ appears as a narrow waxing crescent
The branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole
Layer of air around the Earth
The largest planet and the 5th from the sun
The month following February and preceding April (plural)

Lunar Cycle · Fronts · page 3

Neptune
Saturn
Uranus
Pluto

Lunar Cycle · Backs · page 3

A giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles
A giant planet with a ring of ice particles
A large asteroid that was once thought to be the farthest known planet from the sun
A giant planet with a ring of ice particles