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• Scan the story quickly.
• Read the story carefully.
• Visualize the details.
• Predict what words are used to fill in the blanks.

The moon rotates on its own ____________ and revolves or orbits around the Earth, however, it rotates only once in its orbit around the Earth, so its “day” and “night” each last about two Earth weeks. Since it turns on its axis slowly, we on Earth see only one side of the moon — it always presents the same face toward the Earth. On Earth, _______________ have always seen this “man-in-the-moon “ side, never the hidden side, though it has been seen and photographed by astronauts.

The moon produces no light of its own. The ________________ we see is a reflection of the sun‘s light. This accounts for the _________ of the moon. The moon appears to change shape. However, the change in appearance is a result of the rotation of the moon on its axis. When the far side of the moon is_______________ by the sun we cannot see it. This is what we call the new moon. As it turns toward the Earth, it can be seen piece by piece — ____________ first quarter, and full moon. The moon continues its rotation, and begins to disappear from sight again — last quarter, crescent, first quarter, and then new moon again. The cycle takes ____________. This cycle of the moon‘s phases set the basis for our modern-day calendar.

Adapted from, Intermediate Academic Upgrading Science Learning Packages