Moon Phases Review

Front

What Moon Phase is occurring at position 1? Options: Full Moon, New Moon, Waning Gibbous, Waxing Gibbous

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New Moon

Front

What Moon Phase is occurring at position 6? Options: Full Moon, New Moon, Waning Gibbous, Waxing Gibbous

Back

Waning Gibbous

Front

What Moon Phase is occurring at position 3?

Back

First Quarter

Front

What Moon Phase is occurring at position 8? Options: First Quarter, Last (Third) Quarter, Waning Crescent, Waxing Crescent

Back

Waning Crescent

Front

What Moon Phase is occurring at position 2?

Back

Waxing Crescent

Front

What makes it possible for you to see the surface of the moon from Earth?

Back

Light from the sun is reflected by the moon's surface.

Front

How many phases does the moon go through? Options: 4, 8, 10, 16

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8

Front

As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.

Back

waning

Front

Phases of the moon in which the moon appears to be getting larger are referred to as _. Options: waxing, waning, new, eclipse

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waxing

Front

The cycle of the moon lasts about a _. Options: day, year, week, month

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month