Motions & Moon Phases

Where are the Earth, moon and sun during this moon phase?

• The Earth, moon and sun are in a straight line with the moon in the middle.
• The Earth, moon and sun are in a straight line with the sun in the middle.
• This is not a moon phase.

Spinning a basketball on your finger is an example of ________.

• Revolution
• Rotation
• A year
• An orbit

What percent of the moon is always illuminated?

• 75%
• 100%
• 25%
• 50%

Revolution is

• when the Earth spins around the sun.
• when the Earth spins on its axis.
• when the Earth orbits the sun.
• when the Earth orbits on its axis.

Which means that the light is growing on the part of the moon we can see?

• Waxing
• Waning
• Diminishing
• Evolving

Which is the reason why we have moon phases?

• Angles of just the Earth & sun changing to see different amounts of reflected light.
• How Earth orbits the sun changing the amounts of reflected light.
• Angles of the Earth, sun & moon changing to see different amounts of reflected light.
• Angles of moon changing to see different amounts of reflected light.

Driving around the green to get to your ball is an example of

• Day & Night
• Rotation
• Good Golf
• Revolution

How could you best define a full moon?

• The moon, sun and Earth are in a right angle lighting up the right side.
• The moon, sun and Earth are in a straight line with Earth in the middle.
• The moon, sun and Earth are in a right angle lighting up the left side.
• The moon, sun and Earth are in a straight line wiht the moon in the middle.

Rotation is

• the Earth spinning on its axis.
• the Earth orbiting the sun.
• the Earth revolving on its axis.
• The Earth spinning around the sun.

This picture represents

• New Moon
• 3rd Quarter
• Waning Gibbous
• 1st Quarter