Moon Phases Assignment

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Label the moon phases

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New Moon

First Quarter

Waxing Crescent

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Our moon

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create its own light. Instead it ​

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the ​

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. At different times of the month, we see different amounts of reflective light of the moon's surface.

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Label the moon phases

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Full Moon

Waning Gibbous

Waxing Gibbous

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Label the moon phases

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Last Quarter

Waning Crescent

What is the difference between waxing and waning?

​The lit part of the Moon is on the right during the waxing phase

​The lit part of the Moon is on the left during the waning phase

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Waxing or Waning?

• Waxing

• Waning

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Waxing or Waning?

• Waxing

• Waning

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Waxing or Waning?

• Waxing

• Waning

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Waxing or Waning?

• Waxing

• Waning

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Waxing or Waning?

• Waxing

• Waning

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What phase of the moon is 1?

• new moon

• full moon

• waxing crescent

• waning crescent

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What phase of the moon is 2?

• new moon

• waxing gibbous

• waxing crescent

• waning crescent

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What phase of the moon is 3?

• new moon

• full moon

• waxing crescent

• waning crescent

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What phase of the moon is 4?

• new moon

• full moon

• third quarter

• first quarter

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What phase of the moon is 6?

• new moon

• full moon

• waxing crescent

• waning crescent

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What phase of the moon is 5?

• third quarter

• full moon

• first quarter

• waning crescent

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What phase of the moon is 7?

• third quarter

• waning gibbous

• waxing crescent

• waning crescent

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What phase of the moon is 8?

• third quarter

• waning gibbous

• waxing crescent

• waning crescent

​Watch this video and then on the next slide. Practice your understanding with a labeling game.

Phases of the moon - Labelled diagram

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Remembering what you know about the direction the moon moves as it revolves around the Earth, label each moon phase that would occur during these positions.

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waning gibbous

waning crescent

full moon

waxing gibbous

third quarter

first quarter

new moon

waxing crescent

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What phase of the moon is pictured?

• New moon
• Full moon
• first quarter moon
• waxing crescent

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What phase is next?

• waxing gibbous
• waning gibbous
• full moon
• new moon

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Which moon phase is shown in this diagram?

• new moon

• 1st quarter

• full moon

• 3rd quarter