Moon phases

Moon Phases

One step at a time..

Think about the movie we watched, what were some of the ways that the moon helped Earth?

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What does the moon do for us?

The moon is a giant rock. It doesn't make its own light. It looks illuminated because the sun shines on the moon. The moon reflects the light from the sun. We only see the side of the moon facing the sun.

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​Moon phases

As the moon revolves around Earth, we see only the lighted portion. It waxes or wanes depending on the location during revolution.

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Draw arrows around Earth going counterclockwise.

​The moon revolves around Earth

Multiple Choice

True or False: The moon revolves around Earth about the same speed.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Waxing means...

• getting larger

• getting smaller

Multiple Choice

Waning means...

• Getting bigger

• Getting smaller

It takes approximately 30 days for the moon to go through one cycle. A way to remember it would be that it takes about a "MOONTH."

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Label the moon phases at the bottom of the page.

​How long does it take the moon to revolve?

Reorder

Reorder the following starting with the phase where you see none of the moon.

• new moon

• waxing crescent

• first quarter

• waxing gibbous

• full moon

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Reorder the following starting with the phase where you see all the lighted side of the moon.

• full moon

• waning gibbous

• third quarter

• waning crescent

• new moon

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Match

Match the following

new moon

full moon

first quarter

waxing crescent

Waning crescent

• new moon

• full moon

• first quarter

• waxing crescent

• Waning crescent

Multiple Choice

Which moon phase is this?

• new moon

• full moon

• third quarter

• first quarter

Multiple Choice

Which moon phase is this?

• waxing crescent

• waning crescent

• waxing gibbous

• waning gibbous