Moon Phases

Moon Phases

Multiple Choice

The cycle of the moon lasts about a _.

• day

• year

• week

• month

Multiple Choice

Waxing means...

• Growing

• Dying

• Losing light

• Moving

Multiple Choice

What phase is this?

• Full Moon

• First Quarter Moon

• Third Quarter Moon

• New Moon

Multiple Choice

Name the moon phase

• First Quarter

• Third Quarter

• New Moon

• Full Moon

Multiple Choice

Name the moon phase

• waning crescent

• waxing crescent

• waning gibbous

• waxing gibbous

Multiple Choice

What is the correct order of the moon phases?

• new, full, 1st quarter, 3rd quarter

• new moon, 1st quarter, full moon, 3rd quarter

• 1st quarter, 3rd quarter, new moon, full moon

• new, 1st quarter, 3rd quarter, full

Multiple Choice

The Moon orbits Earth in a ________________ direction

• clockwise

• counterclockwise

• upwards

• downwards

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between a gibbous moon and a crescent moon?

• The gibbous shows more than half of the bright side of the moon.
• The crescent shows more than half of the bright side of the moon.
• The gibbous shows less than half of the bright side of the moon. 

Multiple Choice

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

• swelling

• waxing

• waning

• disappearing

Multiple Choice

What causes the moon's phases

• Where you are standing on Earth

• the amount of sunlight reflected onto the moon from the sun & the revolution around the earth

• The tilt of Earth

• how fast the moon is moving