Lunar Cycle Predictions and Tides

Where would the Sun need to be in this diagram to cause these phases of the moon?

• At the Bottom

• At the Left

• At the Top

• At The Right

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What would the moon look like 15 days after this one?

• Full Moon

• New Moon

• Waning Crescent

• Waxing Crescent

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What moon phase will be observed after the waning crescent?

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The image shows how the moon looks during the lunar cycle. The moon will look this way again in about -

• one week

• one month

• one year

• one century

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About how long does it take for the moon to go from new moon to full moon?

• 1 day

• 7 days

• 14 days

• 1 month

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What phase of the moon is shown in the picture?

• first quarter

• new moon

• full moon

• last quarter

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First Quarter

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Waxing Gibbous

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Waning Crescent

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Why does the moon look different each night?

• the moon orbits the earth so it is in a different spot each night

• the earth orbits the moon so it is in a different spot each night

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