Lunar Cycle

Which of the following comes after a full moon?

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waxing crescent

• First Quarter

• New Moon

On thursday it was a full moon, now, it's Sunday, what is the lunar phase?

• Waning Crescent

• New Moon

• Waxing Crescent

• Waxing Gibbous

New Moon, ______________, First Quarter

• Waning Gibbous

• Waxing Crescent

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waning Crescent

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How many phases does the moon go through?

• 6
• 8
• 10
• 12

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What Moon phase is this?

• Waning Crescent
• Waxing Crescent
• Waxing Gibbous
• Waning Gibbous

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To spin on its own axis

• rotation
• revolution

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To go around another object

• rotation
• revolution

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

• waning
• full
• waxing
• new

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What moon phase is this picture?

• This is the full moon phase.
• This is the waxing gibbous moon phase.
• This is the waning gibbous moon phase.
• This is the first quarter moon phase.

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

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

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