Moon Phases

True or False: The moon does not produce its own light.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is a way of describing how the moon looks during the quarter phase?

• invisible

• a pizza pie

• a half circle

• a thin banana

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When the moon waxes, it ________.

• goes from a new moon to a full moon

• seems to get bigger in size

• goes from a full moon back to a new moon

• A and B only

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When the moon wanes, it ________.

• goes from a new moon to a full moon

• goes from a full moon back to a new moon

• seems to get smaller in size

• B and C only

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is the correct order of the first five phases of the moon?

• new, crescent, quarter, gibbous, full

• new, crescent, gibbous, quarter, full

• full, crescent, quarter, gibbous, new

• full, quarter, gibbous, crescent, new

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1