Seasons, Moon, Stars, weather

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

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

When the visible (lit) portion of the moon is increasing, the moon is:

• waning
• full
• waxing
• new

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

• one month
• two weeks
• 3 days
• 24 hours

What causes the moon's phases

• Where you are standing on Earth
• the amt of sunlight reflected onto the moon from the sun
• The tilt of Earth
• how fast the moon is moving

Why do we always see the same side of the moon from Earth?

• because the phases change
• because it rotates and revolves at the same rate
• because half of the moon always receives sunlight
• The moon changes positions

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

• The moons 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

The Moon orbits Earth in a ________________ direction

• clockwise
• counterclockwise
• upwards
• downwards

Define Gibbous

• Less than half of moon visible
• More than half of moon visible
• All of moon visible
• None of moon visible

Define Full Moon

• None of moon is visible
• Half moon phase is visible
• Complete moon face is visible
• Less Than half of moon is visible

Define New Moon

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