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Let’s go step by step to fill in the blanks using the words from the box.

We have these words to choose from:
smaller, orbits, light, weather, gravity, craters, largest, reflects, days, gray, rock, natural satellite, phases, close

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1. The moon is Earth’s _______________. It _______________ our planet.

→ The Moon is Earth’s natural satellite.
→ It orbits our planet.
✔ So: *natural satellite*, *orbits*

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2. It is primarily made of _______________ and dust.

→ The Moon is made of rock and dust.
✔ So: *rock*

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3. The moon’s surface is _______________ and it has _______________ on it.

→ The Moon’s surface is gray (that’s its color).
→ It has craters (holes from impacts).
✔ So: *gray*, *craters*

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4. The moon is much _______________ than Earth.

→ The Moon is smaller than Earth.
✔ So: *smaller*

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5. The moon is relatively _______________ to Earth (about 238,855 miles)

→ That distance is considered close in space terms.
✔ So: *close*

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6. The moon takes 28 _______________ to orbit the Earth.

→ It takes about 28 days.
✔ So: *days*

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7. During this period, the moon goes through eight _______________

→ These are called phases (like new moon, full moon, etc.).
✔ So: *phases*

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8. The moon doesn’t make its own light. It _______________ light from the sun.

→ It reflects sunlight.
✔ So: *reflects*

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9. We can only see the part of the moon that has _______________ on it.

→ We see the part with light on it (the side facing the Sun).
✔ So: *light*

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10. The moon is the _______________ and brightest object in the night sky.

→ It’s the largest appearing object (even though stars are bigger, they’re far away — so Moon looks largest).
✔ So: *largest*

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11. There is no air to breathe and no _______________ on the moon.

→ No atmosphere means no weather.
✔ So: *weather*

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12. The moon has less _______________ than Earth.

→ Less pull = less gravity.
✔ So: *gravity*

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Now let’s list all answers in order:

1. natural satellite, orbits
2. rock
3. gray, craters
4. smaller
5. close
6. days
7. phases
8. reflects
9. light
10. largest
11. weather
12. gravity

All words from the box are used exactly once? Let’s check:

Box words:
smaller ✔
orbits ✔
light ✔
weather ✔
gravity ✔
craters ✔
largest ✔
reflects ✔
days ✔
gray ✔
rock ✔
natural satellite ✔
phases ✔
close ✔

Yes — all 14 words used across 12 sentences (some sentences use two words).

Final Answer:

1. natural satellite, orbits
2. rock
3. gray, craters
4. smaller
5. close
6. days
7. phases
8. reflects
9. light
10. largest
11. weather
12. gravity