Moon Phases Updated

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Reorder

Put the first 4 planets in order!

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

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Reorder

Put the last 4 planets in order!

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Neptune

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Categorize

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Mercury

Venus

Earth

Mars

Jupiter

Saturn

Uranus

Neptune

Put the planets where they go.

Inner and Terrestrial Planets

Outer and Gas Planets

Multiple Choice

What is a telescope?

• Instrument that allows doctors to listen to your heart

• Instrument that plays music

• Instrument that makes distant objects appear nearer than they really are

• Instrument that makes things sound louder than they really are

Multiple Choice

A constellation is a set of stars found in a specific area of the sky. There are around 88 constellations covering the entire northern and southern skies.

On what basis are constellations identified and named?

• their distance from the sun

• their distances from Earth's horizon

• shapes of different things they resemble

• coordinates in which they are commonly seen

Multiple Choice

A student observes the Orion constellation every month with the help of a telescope but notices that the constellation is visible only between November and February.

What causes the Orion constellation to be visible only during certain months?

• Earth's rotation on its axis

• Earth's revolution around the Sun

• movement of stars in the constellation

• movement of the constellation around Earth

Multiple Choice

Which diagram represents a crescent moon?

Multiple Choice

What phase is this?

• Full moon

• New moon

• Waxing crescent

• Waning crescent

Multiple Choice

What phase is this?

• Waning gibbous

• Waxing crescent

• Waning crescent

• Waxing gibbous

Multiple Choice

How long does it take the Moon to make one revolution around Earth?

• about one year

• about one month

• about one week

• about one day

Multiple Choice

An astronomer observes the Moon, as shown.

Which phase of the Moon is the astronomer observing?

• first quarter

• full

• new

• third quarter

Multiple Choice

Which statement best explains why the Moon is visible from Earth?

• Light from different stars shines on different parts of the surface of the Moon.

• Light from the Sun shines on the entire surface of the Moon.

• Light from the Sun shines on half of the surface of the Moon.

• Light from the Moon is blocked by Earth.