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Phases of the Moon Slides

Phases of the Moon Slides

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Science

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4th Grade

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NGSS
MS-ESS1-1

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Carili Rubiera

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20 Slides • 13 Questions

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Multiple Choice

What are the names of the first four phases of the moon?

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New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous

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New Moon, Full Moon, First Quarter, Last Quarter

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Waxing Crescent, Waning Gibbous, New Moon, Full Moon

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First Quarter, New Moon, Waxing Crescent, Waning Crescent

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Multiple Choice

What is a new moon?

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A phase when the moon is fully illuminated

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A phase when the moon is between the sun and Earth

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A phase when the moon is visible at night

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A phase when the moon is farthest from Earth

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Multiple Choice

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The moon phase in which less than half of the moon appears to be lit on the right side.

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waxing cresent

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waxing gibbous

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waning cresent

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new moon

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Multiple Choice

What are the last four phases of the moon?

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Full Moon

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Waning Gibbous

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Third Quarter

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Waning Crescent

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Categorize

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increasing

growing

shrinking

fading

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brighter on the right

brighter on the left

Organize these options into the right categories

waxing
waning

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Multiple Choice

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The moon phase in which the moon appears to have the sun's light on more than half of the left side of the moon.

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waning cresent

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waning gibbous

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waxing gibbous

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waxing cresent

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Multiple Choice

What does Waning mean?

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The Moon appears to be growing.

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The Moon appears to be shrinking.

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The Moon is fully illuminated.

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The Moon is not visible.

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Multiple Choice

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What phase comes AFTER this one?
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Waxing Crescent
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Waning Gibbous
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Waxing Gibbous
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Third Quarter

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Multiple Choice

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What moon would you expect to see on March 23rd?

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Multiple Choice

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Use the calendar to predict the moon phase on March 9th.

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New Moon

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Full Moon

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Third Quarter

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First Quarter

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Multiple Choice

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Use the calendar to predict the moon phase on March 26th.

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Waxing Crescent

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Waning Crescent

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Waning Gibbous

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Waxing Gibbous

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Multiple Choice

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Which lunar phase is visible when the moon is in this position?
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New moon
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Full moon

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Multiple Choice

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Which lunar phase would you expect to see 14 days after this phase?

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waning gibbous

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third quarter

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waning crescent

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new moon

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