Moon Phases

Moon Phases

5th - 8th Grade

16 Qs

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Moon Phases

Moon Phases

Assessment

Quiz

Science

5th - 8th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS1-1, MS-PS4-2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Eva Henderson

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The word "waxing" can replace the first word of which phrase?

Cooling temperatures

Dwindling salaries

Running out of time

Increasing support

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which term describes the relationship between wax

and wane?

Synonyms

Antonyms

Homonyms

Homophones

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which hypothetical scenario would result in the

moon not having different phases?

The moon takes twice as long as it does now to orbit

the earth.

Earth takes twice as long as it does now to orbit the

sun.

Earth has two moons.

The moon always stays in one position relative to the

earth and sun.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How much of the moon's bright side can you see during a new moon?

0 percent

10 percent

50 percent

100 percent

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following phenomena never affects the

moon's phase?

The moon's orbit around the earth

The earth's orbit around the sun

The earth's rotation on its axis

The relative positions of the earth, moon, and sun

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Piloting a ship by moonlight is most difficult during which phase?

First quarter moon

Full moon

Third quarter moon

New moon

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Place the following phases of the moon in the

correct sequence: A) Waxing crescent; B) Waning

gibbous; C) Third quarter moon

A, B, C

A, C, B

C, A, B

B, C, A

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