Moon Practice

What moon phase is found at #1?

• New 
• Full
• First Quarter
• Third Quarter

About how many days does it take to moon to go through a complete cycle?

• 7 days
• 365 days
• 29 days
• 20 days

Approximately how much time passes between the new moon and full moon?

• one month
• two weeks
• 27 days
• 29 days

Changes in the moon's appearance are called

• phases
• eclipses
• stages
• cycle

Mrs. Smith says "the moon looks larger than the stars!" What explains this?

• The moon soaks up the star's light
• The moon is larger than Earth
• The moon is larger than stars
• the moon is closer to Earth than stars are

The Moon orbits Earth in a ________________ direction

• clockwise
• counter-clockwise
• upwards
• downwards

What is a Gibbous moon?

• Less than half of moon is lit up
• More than half of moon lit up
• All of moon lit up
• None of moon lit up

What is a Full Moon?

• None of moon is visible
• Half of the moon is lit up
• The complete lit side of the moon is visible
• Less Than half of moon is lit

Define New Moon

• None of lit portion of the moon is visible from Earth
• All of the moon is visible from Earth
• Moon is 1/2 visible from Earth
• Moon is more than Half Visible from Earth

Define Quarter Moon

• None of moon visible
• Less than Half the moon is lit up
• More than half of moon is lit up
• Half of the moon is lit up