Phases of the Moon

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

• waning
• full
• waxing
• new

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

• 7 days

• 365 days

• 29.5 days

• 20 days

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When the Earth is between the moon and sun, it is most likely a:

• new moon
• full moon
• waxing crescent
• waxing gibbous

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Changes in the moon's appearance are

• phases
• eclipses
• stages
• cycle

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What causes the moon's phases

• Where you are standing on Earth

• the amount of sunlight reflected onto the moon from the sun

• The tilt of Earth

• how fast the moon is moving

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As the moon moves from a new moon to a full moon, you see:

• the moon appearing increasingly lighter
• The amount of light the moon is receiving decreasing
• the amount of light the moon gets staying constant
• more light and then less light

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What part of the moon do we see from Earth?

• all of it
• the same side
• none of it
• only one quarter

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As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.

• swelling
• waxing
• waning
• disappearing

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Which moon phase is when you can't see the moon at all?

• Waning crescent
• Full moon
• Waxing gibbous
• New moon

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Phases of the moon in which the moon appears to be getting larger are referred to as _.

• waxing
• waning
• new
• eclipse

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