moon phases

moon phases

hommocks earth science

Multiple Choice

The Sun and Moons gravity causes the tides. Why does the Moon have the greater impact on the tides

• Even though the moon is larger than the Sun, it is farther away from Earth

• Even though the moon is smaller than the Sun, it is closer to Earth

• Even though the Sun is larger than the Moon, it is closer to the Earth.

• The Moon and the Sun are the same size and have the same gravitaitonal pull.

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How many days does it take to travel from new moon to first quarter?

• 1 day

• 7 days

• 9 days

• 14 days

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What is the reason as to why we do not get eclipses every single month?

• The earths orbit is tilted

• The moons orbit is tilted

• The moon does not cast a shadow

• The Suns orbit is tilted

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How many weeks pass between position 1 and position 7?

• 1 week

• 2 weeks

• 3 weeks

• 4 weeks

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How long does it take for moon to complete a cycle of phases?

• 15 Days

• 27.3 Days

• 29.5 Days

• 2 Weeks

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What is the name of this phase?

• Waxing Crescent

• Waning Gibbous

• Full Moon

• New Moon

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What number represents a Full Moon

• 1

• 3

• 5

• 7

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What number represents a third quarter moon?

• 1

• 4

• 6

• 7

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What is the name of this phase?

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waning Gibbous

• Full Moon

• New Moon

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How many weeks does it take for the moon to travel from New Moon to Full Moon?

• 1 week

• 2 weeks

• 3 weeks

• 4 weeks

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How long does it take the moon to revolve around the Earth?

• 29.5 days

• 27.3 days

• 1 week

• 3 weeks

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What type of eclipse is an eclipse of the sun?

• Solar Eclipse

• Lunar Eclipse

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What is the name of this phase?

• Full Moon

• New Moon

• Waxing Crescent

• Waning Crescent

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Which of the following are WAXING phases?

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Which of the following are WANING phases?

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What is the name of this phase?

• New Moon

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waning Gibbous

• Full Moon

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What is the name of this phase?

• Third Quarter

• Waxing Crescent

• First Quarter

• Full Moon

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What is the name of this phase?

• Waxing Crescent

• First Quarter

• Last Quarter

• Full Moon

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What is the name of this phase?

• Full Moon

• Waning Crescent

• Waxing Gibbous

• New Moon

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What is the name of this phase?

• Waxing Crescent

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waning Crescent

• Waning Gibbous

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What number represents a Waning Crescent

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8

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What number represents a Waxing Gibbous ?

• 4

• 6

• 8

• 1

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What number represents a New Moon

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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One Moon Revolution = 1 Moon Rotation

• True

• False

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What moon motion is responsible for the moon phases

• Moon Rotation

• Moon Revolution

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Why do we see the same of the moon?

• 1 moon rotation = 1 earth rotation

• 1 moon revolution = 1 earth revolution

• 1 moon rotation = 1 moon revolution

• 1 earth rotation = 1 sun revolution

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When the moon is farthest from the Earth, the moon looks small. We call this position

• Apogee

• Perigee

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When the moon is closest to the Earth, the moon looks big. We call this position

• Apogee

• Perigee

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The moon revolves around the Earth in what shape orbit?

• Elliptical

• Quadralateral

• Rectangular

• Circular

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Moon phases are considered....

• Cyclic and predictable

• Cyclic and unpredictable

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Tides are considered

• Cyclic and predictable

• Cyclic and unpredictable

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Higher High Tides and Lower Low Tides are called

• Neap Tides

• Spring Tides

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Higher Low Tides and Lower High Tides are called

• Neap Tides

• Spring Tides

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How much time goes by between 1 high tide and 1 low tide?

• 4 hours 10 minutes

• 6 hours 10 minutes

• 12 hours 10 minutes

• 24 hours

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How much time goes by between 2 high tides or 2 low tides?

• 6 hours 10 minutes

• 12 hours 20 minutes

• 18 hours 30 minutes

• 24 hours

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What type of eclipse?

• Lunar Eclipse

• Solar Eclipse

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What type of eclipse?

• Solar Eclipse

• Lunar Eclipse

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What number represents a Waxing Crescent?

• 1

• 2

• 7

• 8

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What number represents a First Quarter?

• 7

• 3

• 1

• 5

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What number represents a Waning Gibbous?

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 8

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What number represents a Lunar Eclipse

• 1

• 3

• 5

• 7

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What number represents a Solar Eclipse?

• 1

• 3

• 5

• 7

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What number represents a Neap Tide?

• 1 and 5

• 3 and 7

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What numbers represent a Spring Tide?

• 1 and 5

• 3 and 7